Prey switching of sympatric canids in response to variable prey abundance

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-603

  Randa, Lynda A ^a   Cooper, Douglass M ^b   Meserve, Peter L ^c   Yunger, John A ^d  

^a Academic Alternatives and Instructional Support   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service Ventura FWO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Competition avoidance; Coyote. Illinois; Log linear analysis; Prey selection; Prey switching; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIRD; CANID; COEXISTENCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; SYMPATRY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHASIANIDAE; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 67649969582     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-092R1.1     Document Type: Article

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