Anthropogenic extinction of top carnivores and interspecific animal behaviour: Implications of the rapid decoupling of a web involving wolves, bears, moose and ravens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2261-2267

  Berger, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bears; Behaviour; Carnivores; Moose; Ravens; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXTINCTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BEAR; BIRD; CARCASS; CARNIVORE; DEATH; ECOLOGY; FOREST; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; CORVUS CORAX; LETHRINIDAE; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0033596101     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0917     Document Type: Article

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