Low functional richness and redundancy of a predator assemblage in native forest fragments of Chiloe Island, Chile

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 809-817

  Farias, Ariel A ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Environmental filters; Raptors; South America; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CARNIVORA; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; RAPTOR; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CARNIVORA; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; RAPTORS; TREES;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS;

RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958070706     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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