Exclusion by interference competition? The relationship between red and arctic foxes

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-220

  Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^a   Elmhagen, Bodil ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canidae; Den ecology; Interference competition; Intraguild predation

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEN; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0036942711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0967-8     Document Type: Article

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