YEARLING BLACK BEAR, URSUS-AMERICANUS, GIVES RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ADULT COYOTE, CANIS-LATRANS

Authors
PROULX G PROULX P GROENEWEGEN JM GROENEWEGEN L
Citation
G. Proulx et al., YEARLING BLACK BEAR, URSUS-AMERICANUS, GIVES RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ADULT COYOTE, CANIS-LATRANS, Canadian field-naturalist, 108(2), 1994, pp. 229-229
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
108
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
229 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1994)108:2<229:YBBUGR>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In July 1993, we observed a yearling Black Bear (Ursus americanus) giv ing the right of way to an adult Coyote (Canis latrans), 20 m away. Th ere is no evidence in the literature that yearling Black Bears should fear adult Coyotes.