Download or read book Environmental Fragmentation and Its Influence on Coyote Habitat in the Kouchibouguac National Park Area New Brunswick written by Parks Canada and published by [Sherbrooke, Quebec] : Université de Sherbrooke, Dép. de géographie et télédétection. This book was released on 1999 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anthropogenic Influence on Coyote Canis Latrans Winter Movements in Eastern New Brunswick written by Mathieu Dumond and published by Halifax : Parks Canada, Atlantic Region. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the results of 2 capture and restrain procedures used on coyotes in the Greater Kouchibouguac Ecosystem in New Brunswick. It describes the capture methods, their efficiency, and by-catch management, and addresses recommendations for future studies needing to live-trap canids. It also presents the results of an assessment of anthropogenic influence on coyote winter movements, by comparing the home ranges, movements and activity of radio-collared coyotes.
Download or read book Ecology of the Coyote in the Yellowstone written by Adolph Murie and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coyote written by University of New Brunswick. Wildlife Research Unit and published by Fredericton, N.B. : Wildlife Research Unit, University of New Brunswick. This book was released on 1992 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coyote Control written by Russell L. Gum and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Movements of Coyotes from and to Yellowstone National Park written by Weldon Bainbridge Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wildlife Research Laboratory, from 1945 to 1950, carried on a coyote-tagging program in the Yellowstone region.
Download or read book Suburban Howls written by Jonathan Way and published by Suburban Howls. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the experiences and findings of a biologist studying coyote ecology and behavior in urbanized eastern Massachusetts. Jon Way is acting out a childhood dream to study wild animals. However, instead of going to far off places such as Africa or the remote stretches of the Rocky Mountains, he began his professional career in high school and college by tracking eastern coyotes in his own hometown on Cape Cod. We hear so much about this unique animal and the conflicts it can create but relatively little is known about the coyotes in the east. The lack of other studies taking place on coyotes in urbanized areas in eastern North America provided Way with the perfect graduate project, and an unending source of information and entertainment. The coyote is a remarkable animal, being one of the only carnivores to actually increase its range and distribution in the past one hundred years. Coyotes have taken over as top predator in all environments in New England from wilderness parks to city greenbelts. Along its migration to the northeast it has become larger, likely the product of hybridization between western coyotes and eastern wolves, and with that, we see more speculation and theories about what the animal is, how it got here, and why it is here. This book celebrates having these animals living among us and makes a passionate plea for their protection. After all, with the eradication of most of their competition in New England, mainly wolves, a niche for a relatively large carnivore was left vacant for over one hundred years. Coyotes naturally colonized these areas on their own four feet and deserve the respect that any native carnivore should be granted. With their tremendous range expansion in a relatively short amount of time, coyotes proved that it is unnatural not to have a predator in most ecosystems. In Suburban Howls, Way takes us with him as he navigates dirt roads and wooded paths, travels through cemeteries, around cranberry bogs, in and out of residential areas, down power lines, and even into the city to see where coyotes travel and rest and how they survive, raise pups, prosper as a family, and ultimately die, many before their time. A fascinating account details the author raising a wild-born litter of coyotes, capturing his first coyote in a box trap, tracking a coyote into downtown Boston, documenting an increase in local coyote numbers following the death of resident territorial coyotes, and seeing first-hand how coyotes mourn when separated from their family. The reader will discover that it is perfectly appropriate to have wildlife in developed areas and that people, not wild animals, are the ones that typically have a hard time adjusting to their new neighbors. With a territorial species like a coyote, any land that does not have other coyotes might as well have a "For Rent" sign out. This book is written for the layman in a humorous, easy-reading style. It highlights the dedication and emotional involvement of working with this needlessly controversial animal, and will offer simple precautions to enable Homo sapiens to coexist with these wild canines that Native Americans called the Trickster. The data Way has gathered over the past ten years will enlighten and educate you with an insight into the behavior and habits of these remarkable wild dogs.
Download or read book Eastern Coyote written by G. R. Parker and published by Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus Pub.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biologist Gerry Parker has studied this versatile and successful coyote and tracked the animal's origins and population patterns. A fascinating animal, and a comprehensive book.
Download or read book Coyote America written by Dan Flores and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the wolf in our backyards, as well as its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering hero whose career holds up an uncanny mirror to the successes and failures of American expansionism"--Dust jacket flap.
Download or read book Ecology and Behavior of Coyotes in Urban Environments at Varying Spatial Scales written by Sharon A. Poessel and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing global urbanization has altered landscapes for many wildlife species, including carnivores. Some carnivore species have been able to adapt to and even thrive in urban environments, including coyotes (Canis latrans). As coyotes continue to settle in more urban areas, human-coyote conflicts, such as attacks on humans or pets, are also increasing. Understanding the various factors affecting space use of urban coyotes may assist wildlife officials in reducing such conflicts. We conducted three studies of urban coyotes at varying spatial scales. First, using a captive population of coyotes at a fine spatial scale, we tested whether coyotes preferred urban, natural, or a mixture of habitat structures and whether sex, behavioral profile, biological season, or food manipulation affected coyote patch choice. When investigating novel environments, coyotes, especially females and bold animals, preferred a mixture of urban and natural structures rather than uniform structure. Food had no effect on patch choice, and coyotes appeared to be primarily motivated by the structure of the habitat rather than by the amount of food within each habitat. Second, we examined home-range size, habitat use, and resource selection of 22 coyotes at a local, population scale in the Denver metropolitan area. Mean (℗ł SD) home-range size of resident coyotes (11.6 ℗ł 11.0 km2) was smaller than ranges of transient coyotes (200.7 ℗ł 232.4 km2). Home-range size did not vary by season or sex, but resident coyotes during the day had smaller home ranges than during the night. Coyotes had high percentages of developed lands (44.5 ℗ł 18.9%) within their home ranges, but the percentage of coyote locations in natural lands (48.9 ℗ł 22.4%) was higher than in developed lands (20.6 ℗ł 11.7%). Coyotes selected for natural lands over developed lands, and they increased activity at night. Finally, we surveyed 105 urban areas in the United States, focusing on the occurrence of coyotes and conflicts on a national scale. Larger urban areas were more likely to contain both coyotes and conflicts, and were also more likely to have greater numbers of conflicts. Urban areas in the western regions with larger amounts of high-intensity development and less forested and agricultural areas were more likely to have conflicts. Most urban areas considered the management of conflicts to be of low priority. We conclude from these three studies that coyotes residing in urban areas prefer to spend their time in natural lands where human activity is minimized, especially forested and riparian areas that provide cover for coyotes and their native prey. Habitat management practices, such as sustainable urban planning and landscape design incorporating wildlife habitat requirements, may be an important tool in reducing human-coyote conflicts in highly urbanized environments.
Download or read book Ecology of the Coyote Canis Latrans at Wind Cave National Park written by Jamie M. Chronert and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coyotes written by Marc Bekoff and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1978, this text pulls together much disparate research in coyote evolution, taxonomy, reproduction, communication, behavioral development, population dynamics, and ecological studies in the Southwest, Minnesota, Iowa, New England, and Wyoming. (Animals/Pets)
Download or read book Urbanization and Its Effects on Resource Use and Individual Specialization in Coyotes Canis Latrans in a Southern California written by Rachel Nicole Larson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological opportunity in the form of habitat and food heterogeneity are thought to be important mechanisms in maintaining individual specialization. Urban environments are unique because fragments of natural or semi-natural habitat are embedded within a permeable matrix of human-dominated areas, creating increased habitat heterogeneity compared to the surrounding landscape. In addition, urban areas can provide diet subsidies in the form of human trash and domestic animals, which also increases ecological opportunities. I investigated the degree to which coyotes (Canis latrans) utilized anthropogenic subsidies and exhibited individual specialization across the urban-rural gradient in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California. I used scat analysis to analyze population-level differences in diet combined with stable isotope analysis to understand diet variation on an individual level. Land use surrounding scat and isotope sample collection sites was also evaluated to determine the effect of urban land cover on diet. Human food constituted a significant portion of urban coyote diet (22% of scats, 38% of diet as estimated by stable isotope analysis). Domestic cats (Felis catus) and non-native fruit and seeds were also important prey items in urban coyote diets. Consumption of anthropogenic items decreased with decreasing urbanization. In suburban areas, seasonality influenced the frequency of occurrence of anthropogenic subsidies with increased consumption in the dry season. Seasonal effects were not seen in urban areas. The amount of altered open space (defined as golf courses, cemeteries, and mowed parks) in a coyote's home range had a negative effect on the consumption of anthropogenic items. Urban coyotes displayed reduced among-individual variation compared to suburban and rural coyotes. It is possible that the core urban areas of cities are so densely developed and subsidized that wildlife inhabiting these areas actually have reduced ecological opportunity. Suburban animals had the broadest isotopic niches and maintained similar individual specialization to rural coyotes. Wildlife in suburban areas still have access to relatively undisturbed natural areas while being able to take advantage of anthropogenic subsidies in neighboring residential areas. Therefore, areas with intermediate urban development may be associated with increased ecological opportunity and specialization.
Download or read book Anthropogenic Resource Use and Disease Dynamics in a Desert Coyote Population written by Craig Daniel Reddell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonization of urban areas by synanthropic wildlife introduces novel and complex alterations to established ecological processes, with emerging infectious diseases being of paramount concern for wildlife and public health. Aggregation at anthropogenic resources can increase disease transfer among hosts and allow debilitated individuals to survive longer, with wide-ranging species potentially infecting outlying rural populations. The permanently occupied garrison at the National Training Center Fort Irwin, CA has become home to a number of coyotes (Canis latrans) infected with sarcoptic mange that also use the surrounding Mojave Desert and provides an ideal site to examine the effects of anthropogenic resources on disease dynamics. To assess the mechanisms maintaining the epizootic of mange, I captured and fitted coyotes with either GPS or VHF radio collars to compare body weights, evaluate space use by calculating home range size and spatial overlap, and evaluate the influence of anthropogenic subsidies, water sources, and prey density on urban resource selection using mixed-effects logistic regression models. I found no difference between healthy and infected individuals (n = 21) with respect to body weight and home range size but found infected individuals had considerably more spatial overlap than healthy individuals. Coyotes generally selected for urban areas, with infected residents and transients primarily selecting for anthropogenic subsidies, while use of urban resources by healthy residents was more variable. To determine the spatial extent of the epizootic beyond the garrison, I deployed remote cameras across 180 sites within the outlying region of the garrison, I used multi-state occupancy models to calculate the probability that a site was used by a coyote and the probability that mange was present at a site, based on environmental covariates. The probability a camera site was used by a coyote, regardless of infection status, decreased as either slope and distance to urban areas increased, and the probability mange was present at a camera site also decreased as distance to urban areas increased. These results suggest that infected coyotes may be meeting their nutritional requirements and aggregating at anthropogenic subsidies, which could be prolonging their lifespan and facilitating horizontal transfer of mange. Moreover, I found evidence that urban areas have a strong effect on the spatial extent of transmissible diseases and that multi-state occupancy models are an effective tool in assessing disease dynamics for observable diseases.
Download or read book The Urban Wildlife We Don t Want written by Amy Lavine and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyotes have been viewed as pests and a threat to livestock since American settlers first encountered them. But despite decades of hunting, poisoning, and trapping programs, coyotes have proliferated and expanded their range, both geographically and ecologically. While once confined primarily to the plains and prairies of the West and Southwest, coyotes now inhabit urban, suburban and rural habitats throughout Alaska and the lower 48 states, as well as much of Canada and Mexico. In rural areas where larger predators such as wolves have been more successfully eradicated, coyotes have taken their place as apex predators, and in developed areas their intelligence and adaptability has allowed them to create new ecological niches in the urban and suburban landscape. Urban coyotes are secretive and mostly escape human notice. They play an important predator role in developed areas, culling populations of other nuisance animals like geese and rodents, and many people are happy to coexist with them. But they can also prey on house pets, and while coyote attacks on people are still far less common than dog bites, problems with aggressive coyotes are becoming more frequent in many areas. Public concern about coyotes has grown as well, fueled by unfamiliarity and negative media accounts, leading to increased calls for local governments to address the issue. Designing effective coyote control programs requires local governments to understand and influence both coyote and human behavior, and it often involves cooperation with state and federal wildlife agencies, neighboring municipalities, and community stakeholders. Coyote management may be a daunting task for lawmakers that have no experience with predator control issues, but appropriate coyote policies will only become more important as their populations increase. This working paper provides a review of existing wildlife laws affecting coyotes as well as the types of regulations and strategies now being used to manage coyotes in urban and suburban settings.
Download or read book Winter Ecology of the Eastern Coyote Canis Latrans in Fundy National Park written by Lloyd Dale Morton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ecology of the Eastern Coyote in Kejimkujik National Park microform written by Brent R. (Brent Ronald) Patterson and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1995 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
