Coyotes on Mount Desert Island: exploring the human-wildlife interface
Klauder K. 2011. Coyotes on Mount Desert Island: exploring the human-wildlife interface. National Park Service
From Executive Summary:“This project consisted of a study of the natural history of coyotes (Canis latrans) on Mount Desert Island (MDI) in the winter, as well as an exploration of the public perception and understanding of the coyote on MDI. I spent 75 hours in the field between January 13th 2011 and March 8th 2011 looking for and following coyote tracks, and collecting scat. I focused on three primary areas, chosen based on their status as territories in Fuller & Harrison’s 2001 report Occurrence, distribution, and survey methods for native terrestrial mammals in Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. The three areas were centered around Aunt Betty Pond, Otter Creek, and Northeast Creek. Below is a summary of my findings for each area, the results of my scat analysis, and my findings on public perception of coyotes.”
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Klauder, Kaija
- Date of Issue
- 2011
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Competition, Education, Geographic Distribution, Human Impact, Human Impacts, Human-Animal Encounters, Impacts, Inventory, Mammals, Monitoring, Mount Desert Island, Pellets (Fecal), Survey, Terrestrial, thesis