Effect of predation on prey abundance and survival in Plio-Pleistocene mammalian communities

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-525

  Meloro, Carlo ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^a,b   Barbera, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian Quaternary; Large carnivores; Large herbivores; Occupancy; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248174442     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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