Prey-mediated avoidance of an intraguild predator by its intraguild prey

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 921-929

  Wilson, Ryan R ^a,c   Blankenship, Terry L ^b   Hooten, Mevin B ^a,d   Shivik, John A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c The Wilderness Society   (United States)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Coexistence; Coyote; Intraguild predation; Spatial refuge

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOMASS; CANID; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FELID; HOME RANGE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REFUGE; RELOCATION; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COYOTE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COYOTES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LYNX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78449263359     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1797-8     Document Type: Article

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