Dogs canis familiaris as carnivores: Their role and function in intraguild competition

Mammal Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-283

  Vanak, Abi Tamim ^a   Gompper, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Carnivore community; Free ranging dog; Human subsidized predator; Interference competition; Intraguild predation

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIET; DISEASE VECTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; RANGE EXPANSION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 74049100563     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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