Prey selection by an apex predator: the importance of sampling uncertainty.

The impact of predation on prey populations has long been a focus of ecologists, but a firm understanding of the factors influencing prey selection, a key predictor of that impact, remains elusive. High levels of variability observed in prey selection may reflect true differences in the ecology of d...

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Main Authors: Miranda L Davis, Philip A Stephens, Stephen G Willis, Elena Bassi, Andrea Marcon, Emanuela Donaggio, Claudia Capitani, Marco Apollonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3482236?pdf=render