Chronology of Range Expansion of the Coyote, Canis latrans, in New York
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Coyotes (Canis latrans) were historically restricted to central North America. In less than two centuries, however, Coyotes have colonized most of the continent, including much of northeastern North America. Better understanding causes and proximate mechanisms of this expansion requires a detailed understanding of how Coyotes colonized areas on a fine scale. We examined the establishment of Coyotes in the State of New York by collecting and analyzing reports of their first occurrence throughout the state over the past century, and creating a detailed map of range expansion. Coyotes first entered New York from the north, circled the Adirondack region prior to colonizing it, and then expanded southward and westward at ca. 78-90 km/decade. The revealed pattern lends little support to the hypotheses that the range expansion is attributable to translocations and releases, or that Coyotes were historically present in the region and only recently expanded in numbers. Rather, the data suggest a correlative relationship between anthropogenic land use and Coyote range expansion.
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In north-eastern North America, where wolves are absent, coyotes and red foxes have co-occurred only since the 1980s.
“In north-eastern North America, where wolves are absent, coyotes and red foxes have only co-occurred since the 1980s (Fener et al. 2005).”
From A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes (2015) · cites this paper as Fener et al. 2005
The introduction (section 1; page unavailable) says coyotes were widespread in the Northeast by the 1980s and describes earlier wolf extirpation. The Results and Discussion (page unavailable) place coyote establishment in northern New York in the early 1940s. The paper does not discuss red foxes or establish when the two species began to co-occur, so it does not support the claim’s central timing. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredHistorically, coyotes were mostly located in central North America.
“Coyotes were historically mostly located in central North America (Gompper 2002;Fener et al. 2005).”
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Coyotes were historically mostly restricted to central North America but colonized most of the continent in less than two centuries.
“coyotes were historically mostly restricted to central North America, but in less than two centuries they colonized most of the continent (Gompper 2002;Fener et al. 2005).”
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- Authors
- Fener, H. M., Ginsberg, J. R., Sanderson, E. W., & Gompper, M. E.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Wildlife Conservation Society (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Venue
- The Canadian Field-Naturalist
- Publisher
- Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1
- ISSN
- 0008-3550 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W161621280
- Cited by
- 45
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- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- cc-by-nc-sa
- Locations
- The Canadian Field-Naturalist (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Funders
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- coyote, range expansion, New York, first occurrence record, Adirondack Mountains, anthropogenic land use
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