Conserving the benefits of predator biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2260-2269

  Finke, Deborah L ^a   Snyder, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Facilitation; Identity effects; Interference competition; Intraguild predation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955927536     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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