Do predators control prey species abundance? An experimental test with brown treesnakes on Guam

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1194-1203

  Campbell III, Earl W ^a,e   Yackel Adams, Amy A ^b   Converse, Sarah J ^c   Fritts, Thomas H ^d,f   Rodda, Gordon H ^b  

^a Ohio Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Pacific Islands Office   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bayesian model selection; Binomial mixture model; Boiga irregularis; Carlia ailanpalai; Emoia caeruleocauda; Geckos; Hemidactylus frenatus; Lepidodactylus lugubris; Predation; Removal experiment; Skinks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENSUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMIGRATION; LIZARD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SNAKE;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; EMOIA CAERULEOCAUDA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; LEPIDODACTYLUS LUGUBRIS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84861409266     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1359.1     Document Type: Review

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