Kit foxes and Coyotes are both canid species that prey on sm…

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Kit fоxes аnd Cоyоtes аre both cаnid species that prey on smaller animals (including rodents, groundhogs, ground-nesting birds, and smaller cat species).  When kit foxes and coyotes are both present in the same population, they tend to specialize in slightly different prey sources as shown in the figure below from Cypher and Spencer, 1998.  When coyotes are absent, kit foxes increase their consumption of prey such as Leporids as compared to when coyotes are present.  What is this interaction (between coyotes and kit foxes) an example of?  

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