Predation on artificial nests and caterpillar models across a disturbance gradient in Subic Bay, Philippines

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Posa, Mary Rose C ^a   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a   Koh, Lian Pin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Habitat disturbance; Predation; Reproductive success; South East Asia; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT TYPE; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBIC BAY; SUBIC BAY FOREST RESERVE; ZAMBALES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846250742     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003671     Document Type: Article

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