Urban coyote spatiotemporal overlap with humans is associated with environmental characteristics not human sociodemographics

Abstract The tendency of wildlife to associate with humans spatially and temporally, i.e., to overlap with humans, is a key factor mediating human-wildlife coexistence in cities. While direct human influence (e.g., food subsidies) is recognized as a mechanism of wildlife overlap with humans, the rol...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Emily Zepeda, Andrew Sih, Christopher J. Schell, Stanley D. Gehrt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Human-wildlife interactions Human-wildlife conflict Human-wildlife coexistence Social-ecological systems Coyote (Canis latrans) Wildlife tolerance towards humans
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16323-8