Does predation maintain tit community diversity?

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Kullberg, Cecilia ^a   Ekman, Jan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; PARUS ATER; PARUS CRISTATUS; PARUS MONTANUS;

EID: 0034026176     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890105.x     Document Type: Article

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