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Urbanization, Grassland, and Diet Influence Coyote (Canis latrans) Parasitism Structure

Urbanization, Grassland, and Diet Influence Coyote (Canis latrans) Parasitism Structure

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Date of publication
december 2015
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201600078991
Pages
645-659

Land use change can alter the ecological mechanisms that influence infectious disease exposure in animal populations. However, few studies have empirically integrated the environmental, spatial, and dietary patterns of wildlife epidemiology. We investigate how urbanization, habitat type, and dietary behavior are associated with coyote (Canis latrans) parasitism structure along a gradient of rural to urban land cover using multivariate redundancy analyses. Coyote fecal samples were collected in eight urban and six rural sites in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Parasite and diet components were identified using common flotation procedures and fecal dietary analysis, respectively. Redundancy analysis was used to identify the best land cover, connectivity, and dietary predictors. We tested for significance using multiple permutation tests and ANOVAs. Significant factors affecting enteric parasite prevalence included dietary and land cover factors (R ² = 0.4130, P 

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Watts, Alexander G.
Lukasik, Victoria M.
Fortin, Marie-Josée
Alexander, Shelley M.

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