Predation as a landscape effect: The trading off by prey species between predation risks and protection benefits

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-629

  Monkkonen M ^a   Husby, M ^b   Tornberg, R ^c   Helle, P ^d   Thomson, R L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Meta analysis; Nest predation; Raptors

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; LANDSCAPE; META-ANALYSIS; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; PASSERI; RAPTORES;

EID: 34247197260     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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