The relative importance of the distance senses in coyote predatory behaviour

@article{Wells1978TheRI,
  title={The relative importance of the distance senses in coyote predatory behaviour},
  author={Michael C. Wells and Philip N. Lehner},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1978},
  volume={26},
  pages={251-258},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53204333}
}
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