Plant productivity, predation, and the abundance of black-tailed jackrabbits in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1043-1049

  Hernandez L ^a   Laundre J W ^a,e   Grajales, K M ^a   Portales, G L ^b   Lopez Portillo J ^c   Gonzalez Romero A ^c   Garcia A ^a   Martinez J M ^d  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Bottom up; Chihuahuan Desert; Coyotes; Lepus californicus; Numerical response; Top down

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LAGOMORPH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATION; PREDICTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CANIS LATRANS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 79960980894     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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