Resource pulses, switching trophic control, and the dynamics of small mammal assemblages in arid Australia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1210-1222

  Letnic, Mike ^a   Story, Paul ^b   Story, Georgeanna ^c   Field, Judith ^d   Brown, Oliver ^d   Dickman, Christopher R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c Scats about   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alternative stable states; bottom up versus top down control; climatic oscillations; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); predation; resource pulse; small mammal; trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID REGION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY FLUX; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RESOURCE USE; SMALL MAMMAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 83755168103     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-229.1     Document Type: Article

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