Age and condition of deer killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Patterson, Brent R, Messier, François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2003
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-189; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z03-189

Coyote (Canis latrans) predation is a major source of mortality for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in many areas of northeastern North America. However, if coyotes primarily remove deer that would have died of other causes in the absence of predation (compensatory mortality), the impact...