Rabbits killing birds: Modelling the hyperpredation process

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 154-164

  Courchamp, Franck ^a,c   Langlais, Michel ^b   Sugihara, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Bird extinction; Feral cats; Introduced mammals; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0033963890     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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