Community structure of shortgrass-prairie rodents: Competition or risk of intraguild predation?

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1519-1530

  Stapp, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Community structure; Interference competition; Intraguild predation; Onychomys leucogaster; Peromyscus maniculatus; Predation risk; Removal experiment; Shortgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; LEUCOGASTER; MACROPUS SP.; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; RODENTIA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; RODENT COMMUNITY; SHORTGRASS PRAIRIE;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0030613999     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1519:CSOSPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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