Intraguild predation and mesopredator release effect on long-lived prey

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1098-1104

  Russell, James C ^a   Lecomte, Vincent ^a   Dumont, Yves ^a   Le Corre, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Cats; Eradication; Island; Rats; Seabird

Indexed keywords

RATS;

CASCADING EFFECTS; CATS; EARLY LIVES; ERADICATION; INDIRECT EFFECTS; ISLAND; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE SPECIES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; OCEANIC ISLANDS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; THEORETICAL RESULTS; TOP DOWNS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

ECOLOGY;

AGE STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FELID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; ISLAND; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEABIRD; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AVES; RATTUS;

EID: 62249102169     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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