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With wolves absent from most of eastern North America, can coyotes replace them?

  • Written by Alex Jensen, Postdoctoral Associate - Wildlife Ecology, North Carolina State University
imageCoyotes have expanded across the United States.Davis Huber/500px via Getty Images

Imagine a healthy forest, home to a variety of species: Birds are flitting between tree branches, salamanders are sliding through leaf litter, and wolves are tracking the scent of deer through the understory. Each of these animals has a role in the forest, and most...

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