Monitoring coyote population dynamics with fecal DNA and spatial capture–recapture

DJ Morin, MJ Kelly, LP Waits - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating coyote (Canis latrans) density and other demographic parameters is difficult,
particularly for populations that exist at low density. This is the situation for recently …

The roles of habitat and intraguild predation by coyotes on the spatial dynamics of kit foxes

RC Lonsinger, EM Gese, LL Bailey, LP Waits - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intraguild predation (IGP) by a dominant predator can drive the spatial dynamics of a
subordinate predator and may explain space‐use patterns that deviate from theoretical …

Scat DNA provides important data for effective monitoring of mammal and bird biodiversity

M Van Der Heyde, PW Bateman, M Bunce… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the roles they play in ecosystem function, animals have have long been neglected
in the monitoring of ecological restoration. Vertebrate surveys can be time consuming and …

Estimating densities for sympatric kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) and coyotes (Canis latrans) using noninvasive genetic sampling

RC Lonsinger, PM Lukacs, EM Gese… - Canadian journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888) populations in the Great Basin Desert have declined
and are of increasing concern for managers. Increasing coyote (Canis latrans Say, 1823) …

Conservation of kit foxes in the Great Basin Desert: Review and recommendations

RC Lonsinger, BM Kluever, LK Hall… - Journal of Fish and …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The kit fox Vulpes macrotis is a species of concern to land managers in the Great Basin
Desert of North America. Once common, kit foxes have declined from historical levels …

Does water availability shift dietary preferences of coyotes in the west desert of Utah?

AE Hodge, EM Gese, BM Kluever - Journal of Arid Environments, 2022 - Elsevier
Water is one of the most essential resources on the planet and shapes entire ecosystems.
Across the western United States, thousands of artificial water sources have been installed …

Using noninvasive genetics for estimating density and assessing diet of urban and rural coyotes in Florida, USA

BM Kluever, MB Main, SW Breck, RC Lonsinger… - 2022 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Coyotes (Canis latrans) are expanding their range and due to conflicts with the public and
concerns of Coyotes affecting natural resources such as game or sensitive species, there is …

Integrating multiple genetic detection methods to estimate population density of social and territorial carnivores

SM Murphy, BC Augustine, JR Adams, LP Waits… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial capture–recapture models can produce unbiased estimates of population density,
but sparse detection data often plague studies of social and territorial carnivores. Integrating …

Coyote scat in cities increases risk of human exposure to an emerging zoonotic disease in North America

S Raymond, DK Steckler, MA Seguin… - … in Conservation Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Zoonoses associated with urban wildlife are increasingly concerning for human
health and include the recent emergence of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in North America …

Activity overlap of carnivores, their potential wild prey, and temporal segregation, with livestock in a Biosphere Reserve in the Chihuahuan Desert

J Durán-Antonio, A González-Romero… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Daily activity is an important aspect of animal behavior and depends both on nutritional and
reproductive demands. It also can be modified by—among other factors—interspecific …