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  <dc:contributor>D.J. Telesco</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>C.C. Roy</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>M.A. Sovada</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2000</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Food habits of Coyotes (Canis latrans) were determined by analysis of scats collected in western Kansas in 1996. Mammals were the most frequently occurring food of Coyotes (100% of scats), followed by plants (39%), insects (30%) and birds (9%). Commercial sunflower (Helianthus spp.) seeds were found in 9 of 23 scats. When present, they composed a high volume of individual scats (X= 31%). Substantial use of commercial sunflower seeds as a food source by Coyotes has not been previously documented.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Canadian Field-Naturalist</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Coyote, Canis latrans, use of commercial sunflower, Helianthus spp., Seeds as a food source in western Kansas</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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