Behavioral indicators of predator space use: Studying species interactions through the behavior of predators

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 389-406

  Schmit, Kenneth A ^a   Schauber, Eric M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral indicators; Foraging theory; GUDs; Incidental predation; Predator space use; Quitting harvest rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPACE USE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 47049100442     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/ijee.53.3.389     Document Type: Article

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