Foraging patterns of voles at heterogeneous avian and uniform mustelid predation risk

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 725-734

  Eccard, Jana A ^a,e   Pusenius, Jyrki ^b   Sundell, Janne ^c   Halle, Stefan ^d   Ylönen, Hannu ^e  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Avian predation; Bank voles; Mustelid predation; Predator Facilitation; Predator interaction; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MUSTELID; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RODENT; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RAPTOR; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 51749101037     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1100-4     Document Type: Article

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