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Description: |
xxiv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Capturing coyotes in urban environments -- Handling, collaring, and weighing coyotes -- A night in the field -- Coyote range requirements, causes of mortality, and social classes -- Foraging ecology and competition -- Territoriality -- Social and denning ecology -- Movement and activity pattern -- The "rampant coyote problem" -- Coyote management -- Coyotes fear humans -- Raising a captive litter of Eastern Coyotes -- Coyotes in my house -- Bonding with the litter -- The daily routine -- Captive coyote social behavior -- The flight that ends it all -- The education mission -- A stressful struggle -- Politics and frustrations -- Recommendations for conservation -- The future. |