Predator-mediated interactions between lemmings and shorebirds: A test of the alternative prey hypothesis

Auk

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 619-628

  McKinnon, Laura ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Arctic; Artificial nests; Baird's Sandpiper; Nest success; Nest survival; White rumped Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEST; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; WADER;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS;

EID: 84908569891     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-13-154.1     Document Type: Article

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