FIGURE 4.

Predicted coyote (Canis latrans) movement rate (meters/hour) and 95% CI bounds (light gray) in the five hours pre‐ and post‐encounter with mountain lions (Puma concolor). Predicted movement rate is overlaid on average hourly coyote movement rate (dark gray with 95% CIs). Peaks in the movement rate of prey (coyotes) may coincide with, and ultimately drive encounters with a less mobile stalk‐and‐ambush predator. We modeled movement rate based on n = 54 encounters with mountain lions involving n = 15 coyotes occurring during May 2017–September 2020 in southwestern Wyoming, USA, after accounting for variation in movement rate caused by time of day