Estimating Coyote Food Intake from Undigested Residues in Scats
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 102 (2) , 363-367
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2424663
Abstract
Average dry weights per occurrence in a coyote (C. latrans) scat were determined for undigested fractions of mammals, birds, reptiles, arthropods, plants and seeds. Dry weights of these items are useful for estimating biomass originally ingested. Normalizing data procedures an estimate of the coyote dietary. If coyote population densities and food intake rates were known, estimates of relative biomass taken from each prey population could be obtained.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Comparison of Point Frame and Hand Separation of Coyote ScatsThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1977
- Energy Utilization of Three Diets Fed to a Captive Red FoxThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1976