Small-mammal foraging behavior: Mechanisms for coexistence and implication for population dynamics

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-577

  Yunger, John A ^a,c   Meserve, Peter L ^a   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akodon olivaceus; Chile; Competition; Foraging behavior; Giving up density; Microhabitat; Octodon degus; Phyllotis darwini; Population dynamics; Predation risk; Semiarid; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK;

CHILE;

ABROTHRIX LONGIPILIS; ABROTHRIX OLIVACEUS; AKODON; AKODON OLIVACEUS; MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PHYLLOTIS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI;

EID: 0036878204     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0561:SMFBMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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