I would imagine that Coyotes are a bit more opportunistic and rely more on scavenging and hunting smaller pray they can tackle on a solo hunt such as rodents an

I would imagine that Coyotes are a bit more opportunistic and rely more on scavenging and hunting smaller pray they can tackle on a solo hunt such as rodents and rabbits, but occasionally doing the big game pack hunt. For Wolves I would thing the pattern is opposite. So while their ecological niche somewhat overlaps, it does so in a complimentary way, that is—and this is me being an armchair ecologist—the presence of Coyotes may only encourage the Wolves even more to go after the large gracing pray in packs as the competition is too tough for scavenging and the easier solo hunting of small pray.