Table scraps: Inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 776-779

  Mark Elbroch, L ^a   Wittmer, Heiko U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Andean condor; Inter trophic food provisioning; Keystone species; Patagonia; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CRYPSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FELID; FOOD PROVISIONING; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; SATELLITE DATA; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TROPHIC CASCADE;

PATAGONIA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIDAE; PUMA CONCOLOR; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 84866651017     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0423     Document Type: Article

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