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Coyote visits at scent stations in relation to home range

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6918013
Response of free-franging coyotes (Canis latrans) to scent stations was studied in southeastern Idaho and southern Texas to examine relationships between the scent-station survey technique and coyote home range. Coyotes with radio transmitters were intensively monitored to determine movement and spatial use patterns for comparison with coyote visitations to artificial scent stations. Coyotes more frequently visited scent stations on the periphery or outside their home ranges than within them, probably because resident coyotes avoided scent stations (novel stimuli) in the very familiar core areas of their home ranges and were more likely to investigate them when encountered on the periphery or outside of them. Hence, scent stations may receive more visits from transient or dispersing individuals than from residents. 55 refs., 4 tabs.
Research Organization:
EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Goleta, CA (USA). Santa Barbara Operations; Utah State Univ., Logan (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-83NV10282
OSTI ID:
6918013
Report Number(s):
EGG-10282-2131; ON: DE87004426
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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