Conference Updates

Lab members Iris (Yizi) Li and Nathan Lewis presented their work at international conferences this summer! Conferences are a great way to learn about current work being done by our peers.

Nathan Lewis presented a poster at the Animal Behaviour Society’s 2024 conference. He showed that multiple human and natural factors likely contributed to the increase in coyote aggression in Stanley Park in 2021. He also demonstrated that certain populations (e.g., lone individuals jogging in the park at night) were more likely to experience aggressive encounters with coyotes.

Iris Li presented a poster at the American Society of Mammalogists 2024 conference on BC coyotes’ diet composition. Preliminary findings include that all coyotes are mainly consuming natural prey, but rural coyotes consumed more fruits in their diet. Urban coyotes consumed more anthropogenic food and synanthropic prey as supplements.