Scientific Reports, 2020 Generalist species able to exploit anthropogenic food sources are becoming increasingly common in urban environments. Coyotes (Canis latrans) are one such urban generalist that now resides in cities across North America, where diseased or unhealthy ...
Scott Sugden, Colleen Cassady St Clair
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DNA metabarcoding reveals that coyotes in New York City consume wide variety of native prey species and human food [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Carnivores are currently colonizing cities where they were previously absent. These urban environments are novel ecosystems characterized by habitat degradation and fragmentation, availability of human food, and different prey assemblages than ...
Carol S. Henger +8 more
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Coyote family activity in a landscape of fear [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCoyote (Canis latrans) presence in many North American cities evokes fear in some humans, driving demands for management action. With societal values shifting towards non-lethal coexistence practices, many wildlife managers turn to strategies like ...
Robert Mitchell, Shelley Alexander
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Large-scale experimental assessment of coyote behavior across urban and rural landscapes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCarnivores must navigate the complexities of human modifications to their environment. Natural resources and biodiversity decline in urban areas, while people in rural areas often pose greater direct risk through actions such as hunting.
Julie K. Young +32 more
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Morphological and Genetic Assessments of Coyote Diet in Qualla Boundary, North Carolina, Show Interaction with Humans [PDF]
AnimalsThroughout the 20th century, coyotes (Canis latrans) expanded from their historical geographic range west of the Mississippi River to a current range of almost all of North America. Over the course of this expansion, coyotes have demonstrated diverse and
Caitlin Miller +2 more
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Pathology and parasitology of free-ranging coyotes from Tennessee and South Carolina. [PDF]
PLoS ONECoyotes are exposed to many parasites and pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic concern. To assess the prevalence of the diseases caused by these microbes, we opportunistically obtained coyote samples from a variety of sources including a GPS collaring ...
Eliza Baker +8 more
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Prevalence, spatial distribution and risk mapping of Dirofilaria immitis in wild canids in southern Québec, Canada [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeDomestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and wild canids, including coyotes (Canis latrans) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), serve as definitive hosts for Dirofilaria immitis, a parasitic nematode causing the heartworm disease.
Ève-Marie Lavallée-Bourget +3 more
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Social Learning of Avoidance Behaviors: Trap Aversion in Captive Coyotes [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2022 Social learning can help animals gain knowledge rapidly and may enhance survival. In species that are subjected to capture in foothold traps and then lethally removed, such as the coyote (Canis latrans), learning to avoid traps is critical to survival ...
Julie K. Young +4 more
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Recursive use of home ranges and seasonal shifts in foraging behavior by a generalist carnivore
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Coyotes (Canis latrans) colonized the southeastern United States over the last century as large predators, including the red wolf (Canis rufus) and eastern cougar (Puma concolor), were extirpated from the region.
Jordan L. Youngmann +4 more
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Memory-Based Quantity Discrimination in Coyotes (Canis latrans) [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2014 Previous research has shown that the ratio between competing quantities of food significantly mediates coyotes‘ (Canis latrans) ability to choose the larger of two food options.
Salif Mahamane +4 more
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