Publications

Please click on any of the underlined citations to view a link to the following articles. Notes: Most are PDF links so you will need Adobe Reader (free on internet: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html) Some of the dates are out of order because some journals are behind on publishing, but the top-most publications indicates the most recent publications Technical Reports are now available by clicking here. Updated 26 July 2008   Publications (see below): Updated 3 October 2008   Way, J. G. 2008. Eastern Coyote: Coyote, Wolf, or Hybrid? International Wolf 18(3): 7-10. Note: this publication is from the International Wolf Center (www.wolf.org) which is an educational center in Ely, Minnesota. My dream and goal is to create an Eastern Coyote Discovery Center on Cape Cod which mimics the wolf center's format.   Way, Jonathan G. 2007. Social and Play Behavior in a Wild Eastern Coyote (Canis latrans var.) pack. Canadian Field-Naturalist 121(0): 000-000. In Press. Added October 3, 2008. Note: this paper scientifically shows the playful, sentient side of eastern coyotes. I am excited for its publication.   Way, Jonathan G. 2007. Movements of Transient Coyotes (Canis latrans var.) in Urbanized Eastern Massachusetts. Canadian Field-Naturalist 121(0): 000-000. In Press.   Way, J.G. and Eatough, D. 2008. Implementing an authentic research project on eastern coyotes at an urban high-school. Cities and the Environment 1(1): article 5, 12pp. http://escholarship.bc.edu/cate/vol1/iss1/4.     Way, J. G. 2007. Suburban Howls: Tracking the Eastern Coyote in Urban Massachusetts. Dog Ear Publishing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 338 pages. Buy here:   Way, J. G., and D. L. Eatough. 2006. Use of “micro”-corridors by Eastern Coyotes, Canis latrans, in a heavily urbanized area: Implications for ecosystem management. Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(4): 474-476.   Way, J. G., S. M. Cifuni, D. L. Eatough, and E. G. Strauss. 2006. Rat poison kills a pack of Eastern Coyotes, Canis latrans, in an urban area. Canadian Field- Naturalist 120(4): 478-480.   Russo, C. 2008. The eastern coyote: One man's life work. Wildlife Conservation. 111(1): 52-53.   Please note: this article is a non-peer reviewed, non-scientific article. Rather it is a popular article on my research and appeared in this internationally known wildlife magazine!   Way, J. G., D-L M. Szumylo, and E. G. Strauss. 2006. An ethogram developed on captive Eastern Coyotes Canis latrans. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 120(3): 263-288.   Way, J. G. 2004. Survival of 8-week-old wild eastern coyote pups following the death of their mother. Northeast Wildlife 58: 66-71.    Way, J. G. 2007. A comparison of body mass of coyotes Canis latrans (Coyotes) between eastern and western North America. Northeastern Naturalist 14(1):111-124.    Way, J. G., and R. L. Proietto. 2005. Record size female Coyote, Canis latrans. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(1): 139-140.   Way, J. G. 2005. Assessing student learning and interest in eastern coyotes.  Dissertation, Boston College. 285 pages.           Introductory pages (10 pages)           Body of Dissertation (285 pages)   Way, J. G., I. M. Ortega, and E. G. Strauss. 2004. Movement and activity patterns of eastern coyotes in a coastal, suburban environment. Northeastern Naturalist 11(3): 237-254.   Way, J. G., I. M. Ortega, and P. J. Auger. 2002. Eastern coyote home range, territoriality and sociality on urbanized Cape Cod. Northeast Wildlife 57: 1-18.    Way, J. G. 2002. Radio-collared coyote crosses Cape Cod Canal. Northeast Wildlife 57: 63-65.   Way, J. G., and J. Horton. 2004. Coyote kills harp seal. Canid News 7.1 [online]. URL: http://www.canids.org/canidnews/7/Coyote_kills_harp_seal.pdf.    Way, J. G., and E. G. Strauss. 2004. Old-aged coyote in an urbanised landscape. Canid News 7.2 [online]. URL: http://www.canids.org/canidnews/7/Old_aged_coyote.pdf.                         Way, J. G, P. J. Auger, I. M. Ortega, and E. G. Strauss. 2001. Eastern coyote denning behavior in an anthropogenic environment. Northeast Wildlife 56: 18-30.    Way, J. G. 2003. Description and possible reasons for an abnormally large group size of adult eastern coyotes observed during summer. Northeastern Naturalist 10(3): 335-342.    Way, J. G., I. M. Ortega, P. J. Auger, and E. G. Strauss. 2002. Box-trapping eastern coyotes in southeastern Massachusetts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 50(3): 695-702.   Way, J. G. 2001. The eastern coyote: documenting the habits of one of Cape Cod’s newest residents. Conservation Perspectives, the online journal of the New England Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology. http://www.nescb.org/epublications/spring2001/coyotes.html.    Way, J. G. 2000. Ecology of Cape Cod coyotes (Canis latrans var.). Masters Thesis. University of Connecticut, Storrs. 107 pages.    Way, J. G. 1996. Baseline data on the interactions of a population of white-tailed deer, eastern coyote and red fox inhabiting a barrier beach ecosystem on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Honors Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 35 pages.