"Sheep, or possibly the effects of their presence (e.g., increased small mammal vulnerability due to decreased vegetative cover) attracted at least 1 coyote to move with them into an adjacent mated pairs’ core area. Therefore, coyote territoriality (as evidenced by minimally and non-overlapping core areas during other seasons) does not wholly prevent coyotes from following sheep through neighboring territories."(428)

"We detected core area overlap in areas that sheep were using, sheep-following behavior by 1 coyote that included core-area intrusions and no apparent temporal partitioning of sheep-use areas, and therefore we rejected all of our initial hypotheses…. At Sagehen, numerous coyotes had access to sheep even though they were in core areas of other animals, so management that selectively leaves territorial non-sheep-killing coyotes in a population would not necessarily safeguard against sheep kills by other coyotes."(428)

"Coyote movements appear to be influenced in areas where sheep are grazed."(428)