Impacts of generalist mesopredators on the demography of small-mammal populations in fragmented landscapes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 724-731

  Eagan II, Timothy S ^a,b   Beasley, James C ^a   Olson, Zachary H ^a   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENERALIST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MUSTELID; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SPECIALIST; TROPHIC STATUS;

MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RODENTIA;

EID: 79961150969     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-045     Document Type: Article

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