Petroelje et al. 1 Population-level response of coyotes to a pulsed resource event 1 TYLER R. PETROELJE, Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, 2 Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9690, USA. E- 3 mail: tpetroelje@cfr.msstate.edu, phone: (906) 362-6882. 4 JERROLD L. BELANT, Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, 5 Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9690, USA 6 DEAN E. BEYER Jr., Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, 1990 US 7 Highway 41 S, Marquette, MI 49855, USA 8 GUIMING WANG, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State 9 University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9690, USA 10 BRUCE D. LEOPOLD, Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, 11 Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762-9690, USA 12 Structure of the manuscript: Abstract, Introduction, Methods (Study area, Coyote howl 13 surveys, Coyote abundance estimate, Deer abundance estimate, Scat collection and 14 analysis, Estimating number of deer consumed), Results (Coyote howl surveys, Scat 15 analysis, Estimating minimal energy requirements and number of deer consumed), 16 Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Figure legends 17 Number of text pages: 24 18 19