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.