Top predators as biodiversity regulators: The dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-413

  Letnic, Mike ^a,b   Ritchie, Euan G ^c   Dickman, Christopher R ^b  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canis lupus dingo; Competition; Conservation; Dingo; Intra guild predation; Mesopredator; Red fox; Top predator; Trophic cascade; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREDATION; WOLF;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WOLVES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84859422400     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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