Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: Size relationships and prey size patterns

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2569-2587

  Jones, Menna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carnivore; Character displacement; Dasyurid; Dasyurus; Latitudinal size variation; Quoll; Sarcophilus laniarius; Sexual size dimorphism; Size ratios; Tasmanian devil; Thylacine; Thylacinus cynocephalus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; MARSUPIAL; PREY SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYURUS MACULATUS; DASYURUS VIVERRINUS; SARCOPHILUS LANIARIUS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0031404189     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2569:CDIADC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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