Does a top predator reduce the predatory impact of an invasive mesopredator on an endangered rodent?

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 827-835

  Letnic, Mike ^a,b   Dworjanyn, Symon A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRAZING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFALL; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; NOTOMYS FUSCUS; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 80054835525     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06516.x     Document Type: Article

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