Daily activity patterns of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a tropical deciduous forest of western Mexico

被引：3
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作者：
Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G. [1 ]
Cantu-Salazar, Lisette [2 ]
Carrillo-Percastegui, Samia E. [3 ]
Lopez-Gonzalez, Carlos A. [4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Juarez Autonoma Tabasco Villahermosa, Div Acad Ciencias Biol, Tabasco, Mexico
[2] Univ Sheffield, Dept Anim & Plant Sci, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England
[3] Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
[4] Univ Autonoma Queretaro, Fac Ciencias Nat, Queretaro, Mexico
来源：
STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT | 2009年 / 44卷 / 02期
关键词：
activity; Chamela; coyote; Mexico; tropical deciduous forest; HOME-RANGE USE; PREDATION; RESOURCE;
D O I：
10.1080/01650520902941234
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
We studied the activity patterns of the coyote (Canis latrans) in a tropical deciduous forest in the Mexican Pacific coast over 3 years. Fifteen coyotes (six females, nine males) were fitted with radio-collars equipped with activity sensors to determine the influence of seasonality (dry vs. wet), gender (males vs. females) and diel intervals (dusk, night, dawn, and day) on activity patterns. We found differences in activity patterns between diel intervals, but the only pair of diel intervals that showed significant differences was dawn (more active) vs. day (less active). We found no differences due to sex or season on any of the four studied diel intervals. Coyote activity patterns in this tropical forest could be responding to prey availability, human avoidance or thermoregulation.
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