Meta-analysis of the effects of predation on animal prey abundance: Evidence from UK vertebrates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Holt, Alison R ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^a   Tyler, Claire ^b   Staddon, Samantha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROW; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; HEDGEHOG; MINK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; GREAT BRITAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 48749117996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002400     Document Type: Article

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