Diets of sympatric native and introduced carnivores in the Barrington Tops, eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-296

  Glen, A S ^a,f   Pennay, M ^b   Dickman, C R ^b   Wintle, B A ^e   Firestone, K B ^c,d  

^a University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Australasian Conservation Genetics Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Competition; Intraguild predation; Invasive species; Mesopredator release; Niche overlap

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CANID; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALIA; BARRINGTON TOPS NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DASYURUS; DASYURUS MACULATUS; EUTHERIA; FELIS CATUS; METATHERIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78650138355     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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