Density-dependent starvation in a vertebrate without significant depletion

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 955-965

  Goss Custard, J D ^a,c   West, A D ^a   Stillman, R A ^a   Durell, S E A Le V Dit ^a   Caldow, R W G ^a   McGrorty, S ^a   Nagarajan, R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depletion; Functional response; Interference; Intraspecific competition

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; STARVATION;

AVES; BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035651095     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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