Dietary niche overlap of free-roaming dingoes and domestic dogs: The role of human-provided food

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 392-403

  Newsome, Thomas M ^a,b   Ballard, Guy Anthony ^c   Crowther, Mathew S ^a   Fleming, Peter J S ^c,d   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary breadth; Human subsidies; Top order predator

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; DIETARY OVERLAP; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84898914897     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-145.1     Document Type: Article

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