Predation on two vole species by a shared predator: Antipredatory response and prey preference

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Sundell, Janne ^a   Trebatická, Lenka ^b   Oksanen, Tarja ^c   Ovaskainen, Otso ^a   Haapakoski, Marko ^b   Ylönen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behaviour; Apparent competition; Clethrionomys; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APPARENT COMPETITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RODENT;

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 45449084605     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0086-4     Document Type: Article

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