Examining the prey mass of terrestrial and aquatic carnivorous mammals: Minimum, maximum and range

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Tucker, Marlee A ^a   Rogers, Tracey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BALEEN WHALE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY MASS; REPTILE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TROPHIC CASCADE; WEASEL; WHALE; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84926410741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106402     Document Type: Article

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