Large-scale spatio-temporal shifts in the diet of a predator mediated by an emerging infectious disease of its main prey

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1502-1515

  Moleón, Marcos ^a,g   Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio ^b   Real, Joan ^c   García Charton, José Antonio ^d   Gil Sánchez, José María ^e   Palma, Luís ^f   Bautista, Jesús ^e   Bayle, Patrick ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bonelli's eagle; Conservation; Diet; Emerging infectious disease; Hieraaetus fasciatus; Rabbit; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease; Spatial patterns; Temporal shifts; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAGOMORPH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; COLUMBA; CORVIDA; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 67650945166     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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