Prey risk allocation in a grazing ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 285-298

  Gude, Justin A ^a,c   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Borkowski, John J ^a   King, Fred ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c Alaska Peninsula and Becharof National Wildlife Refuges   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral interactions; Elk; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Indirect effects; Model selection; Predator prey; Risk allocation; Trait mediated indirect interactions; Trophic cascade; Wolf

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DEER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; DEER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TREES; WOLVES; WYOMING;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33645097406     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0623     Document Type: Article

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