Top predators, mesopredators and their prey: Interference ecosystems along bioclimatic productivity: Gradients

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 785-794

  Elmhagen, B ^a   Ludwig, G ^b   Rushton, S P ^c   Helle, P ^d   Linden H ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Interference competition; Intraguild predation; Linear mixed effect models; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOMASS; CANID; CARNIVORE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FELID; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LAGOMORPH; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOLONIZATION; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

LEPUS TIMIDUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; HARE; LYNX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; HARES; LYNX; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957004197     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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