The nature of predation: Prey dependent, ratio dependent or neither?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 337-341

  Abrams, Peter A ^a   Ginzburg, Lev R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034255819     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01908-X     Document Type: Note

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