Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1008-1018

  Wallach, Arian D ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^b   Ritchie, Euan G ^b   O'Neill, Adam J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c C and A Environmental Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predator; Canis lupus dingo; Ecosystem resilience; Exotic species; Pest control; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; WOLF;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WOLVES;

EID: 77954772118     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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