Functional response and area-restricted search in a predator: Seasonal exploitation of anurans by the European polecat, Mustela putorius

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-231

  Lode, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anuran; Area restricted search; Carnivores; Functional response; Polecat; Predation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MUSTELID; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

FRANCE;

MUSTELA PUTORIUS; RANA DALMATINA;

EID: 0034121825     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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