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Prey selection and dietary flexibility of three species of mammalian predator during an irruption of non-cyclic prey

Predators often display dietary shifts in response to fluctuating prey in cyclic systems, but little is known about predator diets in systems that experience non-cyclic prey irruptions. We tracked dietary shifts by feral cats (Felis catus), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and dingoes (Canis dingo) through...

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Autores principales: Spencer, Emma E., Newsome, Thomas M., Dickman, Christopher R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170317