Numerical and behavioral effects within a pulse-driven system: Consequences for shared prey

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-646

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Predation; Resource pulse; Temporal variability; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIETARY SHIFT; GENERALIST; MASTING; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RAPTOR; RODENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RAPTOR; RODENT; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; RODENTIA; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

HUDSON VALLEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARPINUS; FAGUS; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 42249088762     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0199.1     Document Type: Article

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