Influence of density dependence on predator-prey seabird interactions at large spatio-temporal scales

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1584, 2006, Pages 379-383

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Paracuellos, Mariano ^b   Nevado, Juan Carlos ^b   Genovart, Meritxell ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Density dependence; Food availability; Intraguild predator prey interactions; Nonlinear association; Predator prey ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONLINEARITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645774883     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3287     Document Type: Article

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