Risk induced by a native top predator reduces alien mink movements

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1092-1098

  Salo, Pälvi ^a   Nordström, Mikael ^a,b   Thomson, Robert L ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intimidation; Intraguild predation; Introduced species; Predator prey interaction; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; HOME RANGE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SWIMMING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MINK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; RISK; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EAGLES; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MINK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; SWIMMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 53949116535     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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