Do wild dogs exclude foxes? Evidence for competition from dietary and spatial overlaps

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-591

  Mitchell, Bruce D ^a,b   Banks, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canis lupus dingo; Canis lupus familiaris; Dingo; Feral predator; Fox; Mesopredator release; Predator:prey; Vulpes vulpes; Wild dog

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 23144443819     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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