Predator-prey relationships in a changing environment: The case of the sparrowhawk and its avian prey community in a rural area

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1086-1095

  Millon, Alexandre ^a,b   Nielsen, Jan Tøttrup ^c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Université Paris Sud ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Demography; Generalist predation; Global change; Growth rate; Predator pit; Prey community

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RURAL AREA;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 68249084258     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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