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Highlights

  • Wildlife species vary in their responses to urban areas, with some avoiding urbanization while others are synanthropic (Johnston 2001; Withey and Marzluff 2008), in that they appear to thrive in urbanized landscapes

  • Our study is still on-going, we synthesize our results during the period 2000-2006, and additional monitoring from 2007, as they relate to this basic question of how do coyotes respond to urban systems? We focus on population densities, survival, home range size, landscape use and selection, activity patterns, and diet

  • We recorded 68 mortalities of radiocollared coyotes, of which 62% died from collisions with vehicles, 18% were shot, 10% died from mange, and 10% died from other causes

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Introduction

Wildlife species vary in their responses to urban areas, with some avoiding urbanization while others are synanthropic (Johnston 2001; Withey and Marzluff 2008), in that they appear to thrive in urbanized landscapes. The Carnivora have been largely persecuted by humans, either for perceived or real conflicts, so it is not surprising that only 14% of terrestrial Carnivora species are associated with urban areas (Iossa et al 2010). Given their unique requirements as top predators, large members of this group seem to have a strong negative association with human densities and metropolitan areas (Woodroffe 2000; Iossa et al 2010), while some smaller species appear to benefit from life in cities (Prange et al 2003; Gehrt 2004). A species that exhibits spatial or temporal avoidance of humans or their activities, or whose survival or reproduction is negatively associated with urbanization, could be characterized as a misanthrope (Table 1)

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