Coyotes Cower in Wolf Territory
By LiveScience Staff
posted: 11 September 2007 12:28 pm ET
Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? Coyotes.
While coyotes are top wildlife predators in many parts of the country, they seem to be wary of their Canis cousin, the wolf, with coyote densities dropping by a third in wolf territory, a new study finds.
The research, detailed online by the Journal of Animal Ecology, examined the effects of wolves on coyote populations in Grand Teton National Park and the southern greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
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