Mammal predator and prey species richness are strongly linked at macroscales

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1112-1122

  Sandom, Christopher ^a   Dalby, Lars ^a   Flojgaard, Camilla ^a,b   Kissling, W Daniel ^a   Lenoir, Jonathan ^a,c   Sandel, Brody ^a   Trojelsgaard, Kristian ^a   Ejrnas, Rasmus ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Bottom up effects; Carnivores; Mammal species richness; Productivity hypothesis; Structural equation models; Top down control; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878063157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1342.1     Document Type: Article

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