Does size dimorphism reduce competition between sexes? The diet of male and female pine martens at local and wider geographical scales

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-250

  Zalewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diet; Geographical comparison; Martes martes; Niche partitioning; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SMALL MAMMAL;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MARTES MARTES; MURIDAE; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SORICIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547736889     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194220     Document Type: Article

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