Changes in richness and abundance of rodents and native predators in response to extreme rainfall in arid Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 777-785

  Pavey, Chris R ^a,b   Nano, Catherine E M ^a  

^a Fauna and Flora   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian predator; Consumer; Population dynamics; Primary productivity; Pulse hierarchy model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; RAINFALL; RAPTOR; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

AVES; ELANUS SCRIPTUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84885933314     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12062     Document Type: Article

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