Use of selection indices to model the functional response of predators

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1635-1639

  Joly, Damien O ^a   Patterson, Brent R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Canis lupus; Density dependence; Disc equation; Functional response; Predation; Prey selection; Prey, multiple; Rangifer tarandus; Selection indices; Wolf prey preference

Indexed keywords

CANID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0345447105     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1635:UOSITM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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