Movement Patterns

As the project has progressed, we have been able to follow individual coyotes as they change from solitary coyotes with large movement patterns to social groups with small territories (and vice versa). In some cases, these are coyotes that have created territories in residential areas or complexes of small parks and golf courses.

Radiolocations of an alpha female coyote( shown on left)  associated with the
Poplar Creek Forest Preserve during 2000. More than 99 percent of
the radio-locations are located within the forest preserve, and the animal
(and pack) rarely left the park for three years.

Radiolocations (yellow) of an alpha female coyote with a territory located
in a downtown area. Her locations reflect her use of small patches of
habitat, but avoidance of residential areas. The purple dots are locations
of an adjacent alpha female from another pack.
As the project has progressed, we have been able to follow individual coyotes
as they change from solitary coyotes with large movement patterns to social
groups with small territories (and vice versa). In some cases, these are coyotes
that have created territories in residential areas or complexes of small parks and
golf courses.