TITLE
Predators of vertebrates on islands
AUTHOR(S)
PUB. DATE
January 1994
SOURCE
BioScience;Jan1994, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p12
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the predators of vertebrates in autochonous insular faunas. Characterization of the islands; Occupation of the highest trophic levels; Discovery of insular fossils; Patterns of predation relating to the distance from the mainland based on analysis of vertebrate predators; Insular mammalian carnivores; Reptiles; Birds; Patterns of predation.
ACCESSION #
9403310969
Tags: PREDATION (Biology); ISLAND animals
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