Date of Award:
5-1995
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Fisheries and Wildlife
Committee Chair(s)
Michael R. Conover
Committee
Michael R. Conover
Committee
Frederick F. Knowlton
Committee
Kimberly A. Sullivan
Abstract
The effect of mechanical sterilization on social and territorial behavior among captive coyotes (Canis latrans) was studied from November 1989-November 1990. Experimental treatments included control, tubal-ligation, and vasectomy and were replicated 4, 2, and 3 times, respectively. Focal animal sampling was used to estimate the frequencies of 6 social and 6 territorial behavior over 3 seasons: nonbreeding, mating/pregnancy, and pup-rearing. Frequencies of social and territorial behavior were analyzed by summed social behavior, summed territorial behavior, and by individual social and territorial behavior. I found no evidence that sterilization treatments affected social or territorial behavior exhibited by captive coyotes, but low statistical power precluded a definitive determination.
Recommended Citation
Zemlicka, Doris E., "Seasonal Variation in the Behavior of Sterile and Nonsterile Coyotes" (1995). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8939.
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