Superpredation patterns in four large European raptors

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Lourenço, Rui ^a,b   Santos, Sara Maria ^c   Rabaça, João Eduardo ^b   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food stress; Generalist diet; Intraguild predation; Mesopredators; Omnivory; Top predators

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD WEB; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; OMNIVORY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; BUBO BUBO; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 78650304744     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0199-4     Document Type: Article

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