Niche overlap and sett-site resource partitioning for two sympatric species of badger

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-100

  Zhang, L ^a   Zhou, Y B ^b   Newman, C ^c   Kaneko, Y ^d   Macdonald, D W ^c   Jiang, P P ^a   Ding, P ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Yamazaki College of Animal Health Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctonyx collaris; Coexistence; Melogale moschata; Microhabitat; Niche overlap value; Scale effects; Sett

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROHABITAT; MUSTELID; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

CHINA; HOUHE NATURE RESERVE; HUBEI;

ARCTONYX COLLARIS; MELOGALE MOSCHATA; MUSTELA; SUIDAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 77952136547     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2009.9522498     Document Type: Article

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