Predicting the influence of wolf-provided carrion on scavenger community dynamics under climate change scenarios

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 403-409

  Wilmers, Christopher C ^a,b   Post, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Climate change; El Ni o; ENSO; Global warming; Kleptoparasitism; Stability; Trophic; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CARRION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TROPHIC INTERACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33645334326     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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