interesting coyote read

[trappnman]

just surfing the web looking for research, and this study I thought was interesting

www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/publications/11pubs/shivik111.pdf

[trappnman]

reading another study on range, etc, and they listed their references in detail- depending on what one can find, some intriquing titles


Bekoff, M. 1977a. Canis latrans. Mammalian Species, 79: 1-9.

Bekoff, M. 1977b. Mammalian dispersal and the ontogeny of individual behavioural phenotypes. Am. Nat., 111: 715-732.

Bekoff, M. 1978. (ed). Coyotes: biology, behavior, and management. Academic Press, New York.

Bekoff, M. 1982. Coyote, Canis latrans. In: Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Economics, pp. 447-459. Eds. J.A. Chapman & G.A. Feldhammer. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

Bekoff, M., Daniels, T.J. & Gittleman, J.L. 1984. Life history patterns and the comparative social ecology of carnivores. Ann. Rev. Ecol. System., 15: 191-232.

Bekoff, M. & Wells, M.C. 1986. Social ecology and behaviour of coyotes. Adv. study Behav., 16: 251-338.

Bowen, W.D. 1981. Variation in coyote social organization. Can. J. Zool., 59: 639-652.

Bowen, W.D. 1982. Home range and spatial organization of coyotes in Jasper National Park. Can. J. Wildl. Manage., 46: 201-216.

Boyd, D & OµGara, B. 1985. Cougar predation on coyotes. The Murrelet, 66: 17.

Bright, W. 1993. A Coyote Reader, University of California Press, Berkeley.

Camenzind, F. 1978. Behavioural ecology of coyotes on the National Elk Refuge, Jackson, Wyoming. In:

Fitzgerald, J.P. 1993. Furbearer management analysis. Report submitted to the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, Colorado.

Fox, M.W. 1971. The Behaviour of Wolves, Dogs, and Related Canids. Harper, New York.

Gese, E.M., Rongstad, O.J. & Mytton, W.R. 1988a. Relationship between coyote group size and diet in southeastern Colorado. J. Wildl. Manage., 52: 647-653.

Gese, E.M., Rongstad, O.J., & Mytton, W.R. 1988b. Home range and habitat use of coyotes in southeastern Colorado. J. Wildl. Manage., 52: 640-646.

Harris, S. & White, P.C.L. 1992. Is reduced affiliative rather than increased agonistic behaviour associated with dispersal in red foxes? Anim. Behav., 44: 1085-1089.

Harrison, D.J. 1992. Dispersal characteristics of juvenile coyotes in Maine. J. Wildl. Manage., 56:128-138.

Hernández,L. & Delibes,M. 1994. Seasonal food habits of coyotes, Canis latrans, in the Bolsón de Mapimí, Southern Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico. Z.Saugetierkunde, 59: 82-86.

Hernández,L., Delibes,M. & Hiraldo,F. 1994. Role of reptiles and arthropods in the diet of coyotes in extreme desert areas of northern Mexico. J. Arid Env., 26: 165-170.

Holzman, S., Conry, M.J. & Pickering, J. 1992. Home range, movements, and habitat use of coyotes in southcentral Georgia. J. Wildl. Manage., 56: 139-146.

Knowlton, F.F., Windberg, L.A. & Wahlgren, C.E. 1985. Coyote vulnerability to several management techniques. Proc. 7th Great Plains Animal Damage Control Workshop. pp. 165-
176.

Larivière, S. & Crête, M. 1993. The size of eastern coyotes (Canis latrans): A comment. J. Mammal., 74: 1072-1074.

Laundré, J.W. & Keller, B.L. 1984. Home range of coyotes: A critical review. J. Wildl. Manage., 48: 127-139.

Lehner, P.N. 1978. Coyote communication. In: Coyotes: Biology, behaviour, and management, pp. 127-162. Ed. M. Bekoff. Academic Press, New York.

Messier, F. & Barrette, C. 1982. The social system of the coyote (Canis latrans) in a forested habitat. Can. J. Zool., 60: 1743-1753.

Mills, L.S., & Knowlton, F.F. 1991. Coyote space use in relation to prey abundance. Can. J. Zool., 69: 1516-1521.
Peterson, R.O. & Thurber, J.M. 1993. The size of eastern coyotes (Canis latrans): A rebuttal. J. Mammal., 74: 1075-1076.

Pyrah, D. 1984. Social distribution and population estimates of coyotes in north-central Minnesota. J. Wildl. Manage., 48: 679-690.

Scanlon, B. 1991. A tale of diseased goats, snafus. Rocky Mountain News, 16 June: 45.

Thurber, J.M. & Peterson, R.O. 1991. Changes in body size associated with range expansion in the coyote (Canis latrans). J. Mammal., 72: 750-755.

White, P.L.C. & Harris, S. 1994. Encounters between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes): implications for territory maintenance, social cohesion, and dispersal. J. Anim. Ecol., 63: 315-327.

[trappnman]

TC- was this the book you recommended?

Bekoff, M. 1978. (ed). Coyotes: biology, behavior, and management. Academic Press, New York.

[trappincoyotes39]

yes an excellent source of info on all things coyote.



To the study I have this in one of my 3 ring binders

this is the best line:

We observed greater vulnerability
to capture in areas more intensively used by coyotes.

Mind blowing LOL.

[rionueces]

We thank the Welder Wildlife Foundation and staff for
financial and logistical support and the McFadden Ranch for
allowing access to their land. These ranches are very close to some of the properties that I have trapped in the past. They also happen to adjoin the O'Connor Ranch which totals more than 500,000 acres in Victoria and Refugio Counties. There is not much predator control on the O'Connor or Welder ranches so there are lots of coyotes in the area.....

[bghunter119]

good read, thanks for sharing

[wink]

TC

I bought that book (Bekoff) about a month ago. I felt I was studing for a PHD in biology and science as it relates to coyotes. I felt most of the book was not much use to a trapper. Very interesting but unrelated to trappers/trapping or even coyote behavior

A few 'snippits' was helpful

[trappincoyotes39]

wink that kind of information is very valuable to a trapper predator caller or denner. It isn't about sets or traps or lures but about coyotes and their life cycles and other very valuable information, I would take that book over the last 30 DVDs done on coyote trapping combined.

Once you figure out why coyotes do what they do and why they are "there" many times over, that becomes real value to any coyote trapper.

Sorry you didn't find it as a real value to you! If you want to sell it put it on here or ebay it won't last long.

[trappnman]

Tc- a serious question- if you believe what you posted above, why then do you set locations, lure, etc contrary to the research?

[trappincoyotes39]

Who said "I" did or didn't? Besides ALL the research doesn't define it to the Nth degree in the first place. I have well over 100 different studies on file dealing with coyotes and some smart guy once said on here, read the research and find the keys that stay the same and not worry about the rest.

Tman I knew about locations long before the series of debates had here and I also know when I asked you if other events play a factor into the "spot" like time of year, coyote densities, and pressure applied you can look at all the research in the world but day to day things can and do change in the life of coyotes. They don't live in the vacuum of that research. Yet they do have common traits that can help us all be better at locating them and harvesting them.

I don't care to learn where coyotes are and why for a month out of the year I want to know where they are 12 months out of a year, how much range they cover and what factors are important to them all the time and what factors are important to them seasonally as well. What impacts do to them and how they react.

I can tell you I have learned a ton about coyotes by ground crewing for the airplane and also my time spent up in the airplane which my total time inside the airplane wouldn't amount to 200 hrs total, but it was all invaluable through the years. Just watching coyotes for an hr from a vantage point and calling in my share and watching reactions etc. To me it is more about JUST a spot to bed traps far more than that.

I have learned from others and again I don't under value my many hrs of ground crewing for the plane that was a wealth of information through the years. I found out many things and saw many things wouldn't trade for nothing. Many theories I thought where "true" well they didn't pan out.

When you get to see where coyotes are found in numbers after 7 weeks of heavy firearm pressure applied and seasonal changes and where these coyotes are located at and then put it all together, man what an eye opening experience really.

The books and coyote research are great and will help people know more about their target no doubt, but any good research is done at that time and place and as you change variables the coyotes will adapt. and change.

So again who said I didn't use any research information? I may use it differently than you or some others but again it all ends with the end results harvested coyotes.

Alot of times common sense is in the testing they test to see if it holds true, like the one study that stated they had their best results where the coyotes frequented the most, is that really mind blowing to some?

[wink]

TC,

Don't appologize; there is a lot of good information and I'm glad you recommended the book. It won't be sold as I will refer to it. A lot of the book however has little to do with coyote 'behavior', etc.

[trappnman]

who said you did or didn't?

it was the impression I got, from the posts you posted in the coyote spot discussions- that a coyote would work a set the same, no matter where he was.

So if you do think that where a set is made and what set itself is made, makes a big difference- then my mistake

like the one study that stated they had their best results where the coyotes frequented the most,

whats the link to that study? The only studies that even came close to that that I've seen (and of course, more out there I haven't read, then read) made mention only of trap density.

where he spends the most time is a broad crtieria- why hes spending the time there, seems, to me, to trump that.

[trappincoyotes39]

The spot changes with time of year tman that is my point.

Most of the time, is just that most of the time and correct there are reasons as to why and they too change with time of the season.

Don't think though that the spot is some magical place as in most cases it isn't. It also doesn't mean it can't be a long line of travel and then broken down to where all the traveling takes place by those that come through. Like a funnel. All depends on timing of the year.

[trappnman]

I agree 100% TC