Population dynamics of two sympatric rodents in a variable environment: rainfall, resource availability, and predation

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1996-2006

  Previtali, M Andrea ^a   Lima, Mauricio ^b   Meserve, Peter L ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^c   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^d,e  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bottom up regulation; Density dependence; El Nino; ENSO; North central Chile; Octodon degus; Phyllotis darwini; Population dynamics; Predator prey interactions; Semiarid habitat; Sympatric rodent species; Time series

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SYMPATRY; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOX; GENETICS; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RODENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOXES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAIN; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA;

EID: 67650689575     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0405.1     Document Type: Article

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