Habitat heterogeneity and mammalian predator-prey interactions

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-77

  Gorini, Lucrezia ^a,b   Linnell, John D C ^c   May, Roel ^c   Panzacchi, Manuela ^c   Boitani, Luigi ^b   Odden, Morten ^a   Nilsen, Erlend B ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Functional response; Hunting behaviour; Predation stage; Spatial features

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 83155161186     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00189.x     Document Type: Review

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