Indirect food web interactions mediated by predator-rodent dynamics: Relative roles of lemmings and voles

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ims, Rolf A ^a   Henden, John André ^a   Thingnes, Anders V ^a   Killengreen, Siw T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alternative prey mechanism; Dummy nests; Functional traits; Predation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; TUNDRA;

ALTERNATIVE PREY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIRD; DUMMY NESTS; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; NESTING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TIME;

ALTERNATIVE PREY MECHANISM; DUMMY NESTS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EGGS; FOOD CHAIN; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891940490     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0802     Document Type: Article

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