Anthropogenic subsidies mitigate environmental variability for insular rodents

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 737-749

  Ruffino, Lise ^a,b   Russell, James ^c   Vidal, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic resources; Mediterranean islands; Population dynamics; Rattus rattus; Trophic subsidies

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ISLAND; MITIGATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SEABIRD; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FINLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FINLAND; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; RATS; REPRODUCTION;

CARPOBROTUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84878980336     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2545-z     Document Type: Article

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