Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 492-508

  Palomares, F ^a   Caro, T M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Interspecific killing; Intraguild predation; Mesopredator release; Population and community effects

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL;

EID: 0033061035     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303189     Document Type: Article

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