Patterns of Detection and Capture Are Associated with Cohabiting Predators and Prey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lazenby, Billie T ^a,b   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ECOSYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; SEASONS; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RATTUS LUTREOLUS; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS;

EID: 84875649848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059846     Document Type: Article

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