Food web structure and climate effects on the dynamics of small mammals and owls in semi-arid Chile

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 273-284

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Stenseth, Nils C ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Climate; ENSO; Food web structure; Mathematical models; Owls; Predator prey dynamics; Semi arid chile; Small mammals; Time series

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD WEB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

CHILE;

PHYLLOTIS DARWIM;

EID: 0036126752     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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