Results
Fifteen bobcat-years (female n =7, male n =8, central Illinois n =4, southern Illinois n =11) and 31 coyote-years (female n =12, male n =19, central Illinois n =23, southern Illinois n =8) of location data were collected from 13 individual bobcats and 31 individual coyotes over the four trapping seasons. An average of 1,397 GPS locations were obtained from each bobcat (range 293-2,695) and an average of 1,736 locations were obtained from each coyote (range 213-3,596). Fourteen bobcat-years and 28 coyote-years of GPS data were used to calculate four bobcat and four coyote ecological seasons (Supporting Information). Bobcats had short, distinct seasons in fall, early winter, and late winter, but had one long season during spring and summer. Coyotes had short seasons during early and late winter and two longer spring and summer/fall seasons. The four seasons and three diel periods (day, night, crepuscular) were combined with the ecological seasons to create twelve bobcat temporal periods and twelve coyote temporal periods.