Mice in space: Space use predicts the interaction between mice and songbirds

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3276-3283

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral indicators; Giving up density (GUD); Interaction strength; Nest predation rates; Peromyscus leucopus; Quitting harvest rates (QHR); Space use; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SONGBIRD; SPACE USE;

CRICETINAE; PASSERI; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1342330876     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0643     Document Type: Article

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