Ecological Issues & Applications Is Range Expansion of Coyote a Result of Competitive Release from Wolves?
Before European settlement, two species of wild dog (genus Canis) were among the most abundant large carnivores occupying the North American continent. The gray wolf, Canis lupus, once ranged from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast and from Alaska to northern Mexico (Figure 13.18). It occurred in virtually all North American habitats (grasslands, eastern deciduous […]
