LEADER 03764nam 22006614a 450 001 9910777674103321 005 20230617041206.0 010 $a0-292-79696-X 024 7 $a10.7560/706323 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456566 035 $a(OCoLC)191662541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188339 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193596 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216132 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193596 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10225732 035 $a(PQKB)10476262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443032 035 $a(OCoLC)61491806 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188339 035 $a(DE-B1597)586734 035 $a(OCoLC)1286805966 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796966 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456566 100 $a20040825d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving with coyotes$b[electronic resource] $emanaging predators humanely using food aversion conditioning /$fStuart R. Ellins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70632-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-158). 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $tOne Coyotes in My Pen -- $tTwo Surviving the Onslaught -- $tThree A Balance of Power -- $tFour Surplus Killing -- $tFive An Opportunistic Scavenger: -- $tSix Feeding the Pack: -- $tSeven To Eat or Not to Eat? -- $tEight Conditioned Prey Aversions: -- $tNine Predator Management: -- $tTen Current Status: -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe coyote may well be North America's most adaptable large predator. While humans have depleted or eliminated most other native predators, the coyote has defied all attempts to exterminate it, simultaneously expanding its range from coast to coast and from wilderness to urban areas. As a result, coyotes are becoming the focus of increasing controversy and emotion for people across the continent? from livestock growers who would like to eradicate coyotes to conservationists who would protect them at any cost. In this thoughtful, well-argued, and timely book, Stuart Ellins makes the case that lethal methods of coyote management do not work and that people need to adopt a more humane way of coexisting with coyotes. Interweaving scientific data about coyote behavior and natural history with decades of field experience, he shows how endlessly adaptive coyotes are and how attempts to kill them off have only strengthened the species through natural selection. He then explains the process of taste aversion conditioning?which he has successfully employed?to stop coyotes from killing domestic livestock and pets. Writing frankly as an advocate of this effective and humane method of controlling coyotes, he asks, "Why are we mired in the use of archaic, inefficient, unsophisticated, and barbaric methods of wildlife management in this age of reason and high technology? This question must be addressed while there is still a wildlife to manage." 606 $aCoyote$xControl 606 $aCoyote$xFood 606 $aAversive stimuli 606 $aConditioned response 615 0$aCoyote$xControl. 615 0$aCoyote$xFood. 615 0$aAversive stimuli. 615 0$aConditioned response. 676 $a636.08/39 700 $aEllins$b Stuart R.$f1941-$01551461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777674103321 996 $aLiving with coyotes$93810968 997 $aUNINA