Killer appetites: Assessing the role of predators in ecological communities

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3373-3384

  Williams, Terrie M ^a   Estes, James A ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^a   Springer, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Caloric intake; Community structure; Energy comsumption; Enhydra lutris; Eumetopias jubatus; Killer whale; Metabolism; Orcinus orca; Predators; Sea otter; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11844295000     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0696     Document Type: Article

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