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Filtering by: Creator Spyridakis, Dimitri E. Degree Field Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Degree Level Bachelor's

Assessing variation in coyote (Canis latrans) diet across three sagebrush steppe sites with different levels of juniper encroachment

Creator:

Kendall, Zachary D.

Abstract:

Juniper (Juniperus spp.) encroachment into the sagebrush steppe ecoregion is one of the main causes of sagebrush degradation and can alter the understory vegetative community by outcompeting native shrubs and grasses, which reduces the available forage and cover for small mammals. Coyotes (Canis latrans) are generalist, omnivorous predators in the...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis

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