Coyotes are thriving despite human and predator pressures, large-scale study finds

[Still Waters]

Research led by the University of New Hampshire sheds light on how coyotes, North America's most successful predators, are responding to various environmental pressures, including human development, hunting and competition with larger carnivores. Surprisingly, the study's findings suggest that human hunting practices may actually contribute to increasing the number of coyotes.

Published in the journal Ecography, the study, one of the largest-scale studies of coyote populations to date, explored the complex dynamics shaping coyote populations across a wide range of diverse habitats—from rural to suburban. It used data from over 4,500 cameras set up across the country by the Snapshot U.S. project, a national project that collects wildlife data from coordinated camera arrays across the contiguous United States.

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-coyotes-human-predator-pressures-large.html