How ecological neighbourhoods influence the structure of the scavenger guild in low arctic tundra

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 563-574

  Killengreen, Siw T ^a   Strømseng, Elise ^a,b   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Connectivity webs; Constrained ordination; Ecosystem subsidies; Predator species richness; Red fox

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONNECTIVITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA;

NORWAY;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; CORVUS CORAX; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84860613433     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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