Download or read book Seasonal Dietary Composition of the Eastern Coyote Canis Latrans on the Berry College Campus in Northwestern Georgia written by Kathleen Melissa Owens and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seasonal Variation in Coyote Canis Latrans Diet at the San Joaquin River San Luis and Merced National Wildlife Refuges written by Kelly Baker and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seasonal variation of coyote (Canis latrans) diet was poorly understood in the northern San Joaquin Valley, specifically the coyotes' relative use of native mammals and birds, native plants, and crops. This study revealed microherbivore consumption within the refuge and outlying agricultural areas and some specific relationships between food item occurrences. I examined approximately 360 coyote fecal samples for undigested plant and animal matter to determine if diet varied within four seasonal periods and three locations. I hypothesized that: 1) seasonal use of items varied with seasonal availability, 2) non-seasonal food items were seen year round, 3) and food item use varied between the three sampling locations: the San Joaquin River, Merced, and San Luis National Wildlife Refuges. Scats were collected between May 2013 and March 2014 at three month intervals to create comprehensive sampling units. California voles (Microtus californicus) occurred predominantly in the diet for all seasons and all three refuges, consistent with hypothesis 2. Additionally, leporids (rabbits and hares) were prevalent in the diet. Birds were important at Merced and San Luis, but not San Joaquin River, likely because of a lack of managed wetlands. Hypothesis testing, binary linear regression and multiple binary linear regression, revealed that there was a significant difference between all combinations of locations and the three seasons, and that diet could be used to predict location and season, supporting hypotheses 1 and 3. Other testing revealed relationships between food items, such as the inverse use of tomatoes with California voles, or how the Winter and Spring seasons had similar dietary composition compared to Fall, which has greatest dietary disparity against all seasons. Similarly, the Merced and San Luis refuges had the most similar diets, with noticeable disparity from the San Joaquin River refuge. These results have implications in wildlife management. Specifically, this study revealed crop use by coyotes and how it changes seasonally between the three regions. Furthermore, coyotes consume wild plant matter, which may play a role in seed dispersal. Of greatest note, coyotes ate very little or no livestock between May 2013 and March 2014, which contradicts previous speculations about annual cattle kills caused by coyotes.
Download or read book Seasonal Variations in Scavenging Diet and Foraging Behavior of Eastern Coyotes Canis Latrans on the Edwin S George Reserve written by Karl Day Malcolm and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Master s Theses Directories written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Education, arts and social sciences, natural and technical sciences in the United States and Canada".
Download or read book Analyses of Coyote canis Latrans Consumption of Anthropogenic Material and Dietary Composition in Urban and Non urban Habitats written by Audrey A. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyotes are a generalist species that have adapted to nearly every terrestrial habitat in the United States. The species' success is heavily attributed to their omnivorous diets and tolerance for environments that are regularly disturbed. Because the larger predator species that typically act as apex predators are sensitive to highly fragmented landscapes, the coyote is the functioning apex predator in many ecosystems where large predators, such as wolves, have been extirpated. The coyotes' ecological role in urban ecosystems has received much attention in the last few decades as the species' presence in cities and suburbs has increased, along with human-coyote conflicts. Anthropogenic supplementation, and reliance on anthropogenic food in particular, is regularly cited as the reason for coyotes being in urban areas. However, the inconsistencies reported in the literature indicate that the mechanisms driving coyotes into urban areas may be more complex than coyotes' potential attraction to human food. Coyotes are foragers and scavengers whose diets reflect the seasonal and local availability of food, where prey items that are more abundant are likely to be encountered and consumed more frequently than prey that are hard to find. This is also what makes coyotes so successful in colonizing most types of habitats. The purpose of this study was to investigate how coyotes' consumption of anthropogenic food varies between urban and non-urban habitats and if their consumption of anthropogenic food is selective or just a reflection of its increased availability in urban habitats. I conducted a meta-analysis on coyote dietary studies from 1975 to 2020 to identify trends in anthropogenic consumption and dietary composition in relation to habitat type, geographic region, season, and year of study. I also conducted a field study with scent-baited camera traps and scat analyses to test if coyotes in the Dayton area metroparks were attracted to anthropogenic food to the same degree as natural food, and to test if this attraction differed between urban and rural populations as a potential explanation for the increased prevalence of coyotes in urban areas. The scats were analyzed for [delta]13C and [delta]15N stable isotope ratios so that stable isotope mixing models could be used to estimate urban and rural coyote diet compositions from local prey isotope values. The results from the meta-analysis showed that coyote consumption of anthropogenic food is significantly higher in urban and agricultural habitats when compared to non-urban habitats (p
Download or read book Seasonal Food Habits of Coyotes Canis Latrans in the Central Texas Hill Country written by Matthew Andrés Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canis latrans (coyotes) are a ubiquitous predatory species, and have long received attention from livestock managers and wildlife protection advocates due to their predation on domestic animals, and the increasing occurrence of human-coyote conflicts. Food habit studies aid in the understanding of a predator’s role in their habitat. Through scat analysis, food habits of C. latrans were studied at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area (KWMA) in Hunt, Texas to examine seasonal differences in prey item consumption for individuals inhabiting the central Texas Hill Country region. Scat samples were collected along a 22.05-km route composed of dirt and paved roads every three weeks for one calendar year. Contents of the scat were classified as being from one of nine prey categories (arthropod, bird, boar, carnivora, herpetofauna, lagomorph, ungulate, unknown, or vegetation), and then quantified by counting the prey items. In addition, mass was measured (by prey category) and point-frame analysis for each scat sample was completed to determine relative percent cover. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was conducted, including the variables road type, habitat type, and optimized hotspot analyses. There were significant seasonal differences in percent count, mass and point-frame for carnivora, herpetofauna, lagomorph and vegetation. There were significantly more samples collected on paved roads compared to gravel roads, more collected in ashe juniper/live oak shrubland habitat than other habitats, and more from the southwest corner of the property, compared to other locations. Using this baseline compilation of preferred prey items of C. latrans in the Hill Country, more effective and ecologically-friendly management practices can be developed.
Download or read book Seasonal Food Habits of the Coyote in the South Carolina Coastal Plain written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract - Spatial and temporal plasticity in Canis latrans (coyote) diets require regional studies to understand the ecological role of this omnivorous canid. Because coyotes have recently become established in South Carolina, we investigated their food habits by collecting 415 coyote scats on the Savannah River Site in western South Carolina from May 2005-July 2006. Seasonally available soft mast was the most common food item in 12 of the 15 months we sampled. Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) was the most common food item during December (40%) and March (37%). During May-June, fruits of Prunus spp. and Rubus spp. were the most commonly occurring food items. Fawns were the most common mammalian food item during May and June of both years despite low deer density.
Download or read book Food Habits of Coyotes in a Semidesert Grass shrub Habitat written by Henry L. Short and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits of the Coyote Canis Latrans in the North Central Sierra Nevada Region of California written by Rollo Everett Darby and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits and Anthropogenic Supplementation in the Diet of Coyotes Canis Latrans Along an Urban rural Gradient written by Erica M. Santana and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits of Coyotes Canis Latrans in Eastern Tehama County California written by E. E. Littrell and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diet and General Availability of Prey of the Coyote Canis Latrans at the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge O written by Deborah Gayle. Holle and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diet and General Availability of Prey of the Coyote Canis Latrans at the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge Oklahoma written by Deborah Gayle Holle and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits of the Coyote Canis Latrans in Louisiana written by William Carey Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits of Coyotes Canis Latrans on Barrier Islands written by Keri Snodgrass and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Habits of Coyotes of Northern Wisconsin as Determined by Analysis of Scats written by Richard L. Verch and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The food habits of the coyote (canis latrans) were determined through the analysis of 27 scats. The scats were collected in late summer and early fall. Lagomorphs and deer (odocoileus virginianus) were the most frequently occurring animal foods. Small mammals other than hares and rabbits also were found to be included in the coyotes' diet."--Introduction.
Download or read book Diet Analysis of the Coyote Canis Latrans in Metropolitan Park Systems of Northeast Ohio written by Holly Anne Bollin-Booth and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
