Predator behaviour and predation risk in the heterogeneous Arctic environment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-447

  Lecomte, Nicolas ^a,c   Careau, Vincent ^b   Gauthier, Gilles ^c   Giroux, Jean François ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Habitat heterogeneity; Nest predation risk; Predator prey interaction; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CANID; EGG PREDATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; NEST; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; FEMALE; FOX; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EGGS; FEMALE; FOXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

ARCTIC;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS ATLANTICUS; AVES; CANIDAE; CHEN; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 42149106345     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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