Interference competition at the landscape level: The effect of free-ranging dogs on a native mesocarnivore

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1225-1232

  Vanak, Abi Tamim ^a   Gompper, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familaris; Carnivore conservation; Indian fox; Intraguild competition; Population control; Spatial segregation; Subsidised predator; Vulpes bengalensis

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BURROW; CANID; CARNIVORE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LAND COVER; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STERILIZATION; VACCINATION;

INDIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA; VULPES BENGALENSIS;

EID: 78149330274     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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