Electric Fencing Reduces Coyote Predation on Pastured Sheep

Landscape Heterogeneity Reduces Coyote Predation on White-Tailed Deer Fawns

Coyote (Canis latrans) predation on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns in southeastern North America has led to deer population declines in some areas. Research or management efforts initiated in response to coyote predation on fawns have primarily focused on implementation of reduced antlerless deer harvest or coyote control to mitigate population declines. Vegetation characteris...

Coyote responses to changing jackrabbit abundance affect sheep predation

Surgical Sterilization as a Method of Reducing Coyote Predation on Domestic Sheep

Predation by coyotes (Canis latram) on domestic sheep is a problem for many livestock producers throughout the United States Intermountain West. We examined whether surgical sterilization of coyote packs would modify their predatory behavior and reduce predation rates on domestic sheep as compared to coyote packs with pups. From June 1997 to December 1997, we gathered baseline information on co...

Foraging Strategy of a Generalist Predator toward a Special Prey: Coyote Predation on Sheep

How predators select domestic relative to wild prey is of relevance to depredation management and presents opportunities to investigate foraging theory as applied to mammalian carnivores. Domestic prey have numerous qualities that should increase their energy value to predators relative to wild prey. However, whether a predator specializes on domestic prey should also depend on the relative imp...

Interpreting Physical Evidence of Coyote Predation

There are situations where it is necessary to determine the cause of death of livestock, game animals, or other wildlife. C n t a ~ a used for recognizing predator kills are well known and scientifically documented. These criteria include the attack, killing and feeding behavior of predators as well as the characterist~cs of the~r tracks, droppmgs, and canlne teeth size and spacing. Diagnostic ...