Food Habits of Coyotes, Gray Foxes, and Bobcats in a Coastal Southern California Urban Landscape

摘要: Abstract. Many carnivores are sensitive to habitat fragmentation, and the capacity shift diets may improve their ability persist in urban areas. We collected identified contents of a total 119 scats from coyotes (Canis latrans), 58 gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), 31 bobcats (Lynx rufus) within fragments varying size San Diego area coastal southern California. Coyote diet was generalist, composed mostly mammals but also anthropogenic items, fruit seeds, birds, invertebrates. Dietary breadth similar small larger sites, composition differed, suggestive opportunistic habits coyotes. Notably, domestic cats occurred 29% coyote fragments, implicating as threat cats. Like coyotes, had an omnivorous consisting mammals, invertebrates, birds. As with dietary i...