Coexistence of a generalist owl with its intraguild predator: distance-sensitive or habitat-mediated avoidance?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1607-1616

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Marchesi, Luigi ^b   Pedrini, Paolo ^b   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Trento Natural History Museum   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; competition; eagle owl; interactions; predation refugia; Strix aluco; tawny owl

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; CENSUS; COEXISTENCE; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36749081659     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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