Higher nest predation risk in association with a top predator: Mesopredator attraction?

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 507-515

  Morosinotto, Chiara ^a   Thomson, Robert L ^a   Hänninen, Mikko ^b   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interspecific interactions; Mesopredator suppression; Predation rate; Protective association; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT TYPE; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; MURIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX URALENSIS;

EID: 84866341324     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2320-1     Document Type: Article

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