Scale-dependent responses of predators and their prey to spruce plantations in subarctic birch forests in winter

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Pedersen, Åshild Ø ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Hausner, Vera H ^a   Juell, Kristoffer H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

dynamics; habitat selection; Picea abies; predator; prey; space use

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT SELECTION; LAGOMORPH; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MUSTELID; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRACKING; WINTER;

LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; VULPES;

EID: 77954405225     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-2-3333     Document Type: Article

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