The anatomy of predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1037-1044

  Wilmers, Christopher C ^a   Post, Eric ^b   Hastings, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Ambush predation; Autocorrelation; Climate change; Cursorial predation; Density dependence; Global change; Isle Royale; Lions; Population dynamics; Wolves; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ISLE ROYALE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE;

EID: 35148884195     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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