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| Sterner, Ray T. | Sheep Predation by Coyotes: A Behavioral Analysis. | 1997 | 13th Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proc., pp 90-100 |
"I reasoned that coyotes which observe sheep predation by conspecifics should attack these prey more readily and more often relative to coyotes exposed to models of non-predation or lone sheep."(90)
"Thus, coyotes observing sheep predation by conspecifics failed to reduce the number of trials and attack durations or increase the number of attacks relative to coyotes that observed no predation or lone sheep."(93)
"Nonparametric multiple comparisons revealed that the ranked number of 1-hr trials preceding the first FA (fatal attack) was significantly greater than the trials intervening the second to third FA (i.e., median trials decreased from 14.5 to 6 to 1 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd FA)."(97)
"FAs occurred at increasingly more frequent intervals following an initial FA implying significant habituation or learning."(97)
"To the extent that similar behaviors have been practiced, enhancement of performance due to observations of conspecifics behavior will be increased."(97)
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