Competition between birds and mammals: A comparison of giving-up densities between crested larks and gerbils

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-771

  Brown, Joel S ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^c   Mitchell, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Foraging theory; Galerida cristata; Gerbillus allenbyi; Gerbillus pyramidum; Giving up density; Granivory; Habitat selection; Inter taxon competition; Mechanism of co existence; Negev Desert; Patch use; Predation risk; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

ALLENBY'S GERBIL; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; CRESTED LARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR;

BIT ASLUJ; ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; GALERIDA CRISTATA; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LIBELLULIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030656361     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018442503955     Document Type: Article

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