Limited dispersal and heterogeneous predation risk synergistically enhance persistence of rare prey

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3139-3148

  Goodwin, Brett J ^a,b   Jones, Clive G ^a   Schauber, Eric M ^a,c   Ostfeld, Richard S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gypsy moth; Limited dispersal; Lymantria dispar; Peromyscus leucopus; Population persistence; Predation risk; Spatial heterogeneity; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

CRICETINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 30644461955     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1057     Document Type: Article

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