Feeding resource partitioning among four sympatric carnivores in the Peneda-Gerês National Park (Portugal)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-283

  Carvalho, J C ^a   Gomes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Diet; Feeding strategy; Niche overlap; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICHE OVERLAP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYMPATRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTHROPODA; CANIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GENETTA; GENETTA GENETTA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES FOINA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS LUSITANICUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 3142647440     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005266     Document Type: Article

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