Responses to direct versus indirect cues of predation and competition in naïve invasive mice: Implications for management

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shapira, Idan ^a   Walker, Elizabeth ^b   Brunton, Dianne H ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; GUD; Moonlight intensity; Mus musculus; Predatory cues

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENCOUNTER RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT INTENSITY; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84873028304     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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