Predator manipulation experiments: Impacts on populations of terrestrial vertebrate prey

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-546

  Salo, Pälvi ^a   Banks, Peter B ^b   Dickman, Chris R ^c   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Population limitation; Predator removal; Predator prey dynamics; Species interactions; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954237193     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1260.1     Document Type: Article

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