Patterns of predation in a diverse predator-prey system

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6955, 2003, Pages 288-290

  Sinclair, A R E ^a   Mduma, Simon ^a,b   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

MORTALITY RATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORY; LAND BIOME; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0141716808     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01934     Document Type: Article

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