Human-resource subsidies alter the dietary preferences of a mammalian top predator

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-150

  Newsome, Thomas M ^a   Ballard, Guy Anthony ^b   Fleming, Peter J S ^c   van de Ven, Remy ^c   Story, Georgeanna L ^d   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Scats About Ecological   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canidae; Canis lupus dingo; Desert; Diet; Dingo

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN RESOURCE; MAMMAL; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; PREDATION; WASTE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GARBAGE; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WOLVES;

EID: 84901433939     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2889-7     Document Type: Article

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