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The Response Of Coyotes To Novel And Familiar Visual And Olfactory Stimuli, Yiting Zhang
The Response Of Coyotes To Novel And Familiar Visual And Olfactory Stimuli, Yiting Zhang
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the response v of coyotes (Canis latrans) to certain olfactory and visual stimuli. It was assumed that the findings would be of value in refining techniques used in sampling and controlling coyotes. The specific objectives were to determine (1) if coyotes were more likely to approach and remain in the vicinity of a familiar than unfamiliar scent, (2) if the response to olfactory and visual stimuli differed, (3) if positively reinforcing an approach to the stimuli differentially altered the response to visual and olfactory stimuli, and (4) if the response …