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Predation risk is a function of alternative prey availability rather than predator abundance in a tropical savanna woodland ecosystem

Typically, factors influencing predation risk are viewed only from the perspective of predators or prey populations but few studies have examined predation risk in the context of a food web. We tested two competing hypotheses regarding predation: (1) predation risk is dependent on predator density;...

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Autores principales: Nordberg, Eric J., Schwarzkopf, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31118446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44159-6