Scale-dependent predator-prey interactions: The hierarchical spatial distribution of seabirds and prey

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 773-783

  Fauchald, Per ^a,b   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b   Skarsfjord, Hege ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Capelin; Foraging; Hierarchical patch structure; Mallotus villosus; Murre; Predator prey; Scale; Seabird; Spatial distribution; Uria

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCHINESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BARENTS SEA;

AVES; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; URIA;

EID: 0033936477     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0773:SDPPIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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