The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Newsome, Thomas M ^a,b   Dellinger, Justin A ^c   Pavey, Chris R ^d   Ripple, William J ^b   Shores, Carolyn R ^c   Wirsing, Aaron J ^c   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Conservation; Human subsidies; Human wildlife conflict; Predator; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913609959     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12236     Document Type: Article

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