Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1193-1208

  O'Donoghue, Mark ^a,e   Boutin, Stan ^b   Krebs, Charles J ^a   Zuleta, Gustavo ^c   Murray, Dennis L ^b,f   Hofer, Elizabeth J ^d  

^a Ecology Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Box 251 ^*  (Canada)

^e Yukon Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Functional response, components of; Lepus americanus; Lynx; Lynx canadensis; Population cycle; Predation; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0031817735     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1193:FROCAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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