Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 641-646

  Johnson, Chris N ^a   Vanderwal, Jeremy ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Dingo Canis lupus dingo; Mesopredator release; Predation; Quantile regression; Red fox Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; CANID; FOREST; HOME RANGE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 65349126035     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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