Date of Award:
5-1984
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Fisheries and Wildlife
Committee Chair(s)
David F. Balph
Committee
David F. Balph
Committee
Frederick F. Knowlton
Committee
Carl Cheney
Abstract
This study investigated the acquisition of food by hand-reared coyotes, Canis latrans, of different social rank in a familiar area with and without novel objects (safe and potentially unsafe conditions). The first objective was to test the hypothesis that dominant animals are more hesitant than subordinates in approaching food in the presence of a novel stimulus. The results were that dominant pups usually were the first to feed in the absence of novel stimulus, and subordinate pups were the first to feed when novel objects were present. The second objective was to see if the behavior of subordinates in the above test was caused by the presence of a
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Recommended Citation
Johnson, Warren E., "Resource Acquisition in the Presence of a Novel Stimulus by Coyotes of Different Social Rank" (1984). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2250.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2250
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