Home Range and Habitat Use of Coyotes in an Area of Native Prairie, Farmland and CRP Fields

Kamler, Jan F., Ballard, Warren B., Lemons, Patrick R., Gilliland, Rickey L., Mote, Kevin, The American Midland Naturalist

ABSTRACT.-

From 1999 to 2001 we monitored 12 coyotes (Canis latrans) in northwestern Texas to determine their home ranges and habitat use in a landscape interspersed with native prairie, farmland and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields. Annual home range size was 10.1 km^sup 2^ for residents and 84.5 km^sup 2^ for transients. We determined habitat use at two spatial scales: within home ranges and within study area. Habitat use patterns were similar at both scales, as residents selected for native prairie and transients selected for CRP fields. Habitat use between residents and transients differed in both seasons, with residents selecting more native prairie, less farmland …

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Publication information: Article title: Home Range and Habitat Use of Coyotes in an Area of Native Prairie, Farmland and CRP Fields. Contributors: Kamler, Jan F. - Author, Ballard, Warren B. - Author, Lemons, Patrick R. - Author, Gilliland, Rickey L. - Author, Mote, Kevin - Author. Journal title: The American Midland Naturalist. Volume: 153. Issue: 2 Publication date: April 2005. Page number: 396+. © 1995 University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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