Coupling stable isotopes with bioenergetics to estimate interspecific interactions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1893-1900

  Caut, Stéphane ^a   Roemer, Gary W ^b   Donlan, C Josh ^c   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Aquila chrysaetos; Competition; Predation; Spilogale gracilis; Stable isotopes; Urocyon littoralis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOTOPE;

BIOENERGETICS; COUPLING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RAPTOR; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; ISOTOPES; MEPHITIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; SWINE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; CARNIVORA; SPILOGALE GRACILIS; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS; SUS SCROFA; UROCYON LITTORALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749539837     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1893:CSIWBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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