Predators choose prey over prey habitats: Evidence from a lynx - Hare system

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1011-1016

  Keim, Jonah L ^a   Dewitt, Philip D ^a   Lele, Subhash R ^b  

^a Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Boreal; Canada; Canada lynx; Habitat use; Lepus americanus; Lynx canadensis; Oil development; Predator prey; Resource selection; Snowshoe hare; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FELID; FITNESS; LAGOMORPH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; TRACKING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HARE; LYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HARES; LYNX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 79958787790     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0949.1     Document Type: Article

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