Importance of spatial scale and prey movements in predator caging experiments

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2316-2325

  Englund, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage size; Field experiments; Global and local effects; Population effects; Predation; Predator avoidance; Prey movements; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MODELING; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0031401030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2316:IOSSAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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