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Research reports and resources

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Coyotes Among Us

Secrets of the City's Top Predator

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Diet of Coyotes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Diet of Coyotes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

American Midland Naturalist

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
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Ghost Dogs and Their Unwitting Accomplices

Anthropology Now

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Behavioral Ecology Volume 30, Issue 3

Behavioral responses by an apex predator to urbanization

Behavioral Ecology

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Is the Urban Coyote a Misanthropic Synanthrope?

Is the Urban Coyote a Misanthropic Synanthrope?

The Case from Chicago

Cities and the Environment, an online journal

Chris Anchor, Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
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Seasonal and daily shifts in behavior and resource selection: how a carnivore navigates costly landscapes

Oecologia

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Urban Coyote Ecology and Management

OSU Extension bulletin

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Community-Level Strategies for Urban Coyote Management

Community-Level Strategies for Urban Coyote Management

OSU Extension fact sheet

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Population Ecology of Free-Roaming Cats and Interference Competition by Coyotes in Urban Parks

Population Ecology of Free-Roaming Cats and Interference Competition by Coyotes in Urban Parks

PLOS ONE Journal

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD, Chris Anchor
Relationship between annual home-range size and proportion of home range encompassing urban land use for coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area, 2000-2005

Ecology of Coyotes in Urban Landscapes

Proceedings of the 12th Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
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Dense human population is linked to longer urban coyote survival

Urban Ecosystems

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD

Coyotes Among Us


Now available: an eye-opening volume of photographs and research on coyotes, based on more than 20 years of research by Dr. Stanley D. Gehrt and our team

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