Functional and numerical responses of predators to cyclic lemming abundance: Effects on loss of goose nests

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 525-532

  Wilson, D J ^a   Bromley, R G ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONTROL;

LEMMING PEAK;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

CANADA; KENT PENINSULA; NUNAVUT;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER ALBIFRONS; BRANTA CANADENSIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0035061139     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-009     Document Type: Article

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