Coexistence of carnivores in a heterogeneous landscape: Habitat selection and ecological niches

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 745-753

  Pereira, Pedro ^a   Alves da Silva, António ^b   Alves, Joana ^a   Matos, Milena ^a   Fonseca, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Habitat selection; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; Sympatric carnivores

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; NICHE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMPATRY;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; GENETTA GENETTA; MARTES FOINA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84864390473     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0949-1     Document Type: Article

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