Avian top predator and the landscape of fear: Responses of mammalian mesopredators to risk imposed by the golden eagle

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 503-514

  Lyly, Mari S ^a   Villers, Alexandre ^a,b   Koivisto, Elina ^a   Helle, Pekka ^c   Ollila, Tuomo ^d   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intraguild predation; Mesopredator suppression; Pine marten; Raptor; Red fox; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; MARTES MARTES; RAPTORES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84921364336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1370     Document Type: Article

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