Intraspecific interference influences the use of prey hotspots

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1489-1496

  López Bao, José V ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Ferreras, Pablo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY;

LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 80053075133     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19194.x     Document Type: Article

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