Kestrel-prey dynamic in a Mediterranean region: The effect of generalist predation and climatic factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fargallo, Juan A ^a   Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^b   Viñuela, Javier ^c   Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Torre, Ignasi ^d   Vergara, Pablo ^a   De Neve, Liesbeth ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers La Tela   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACERDA LEPIDA; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MICROTUS ARVALIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOLE;

CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; LACERTA LEPIDA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; SORICIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887212392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004311     Document Type: Article

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