Scavenger community response to the removal of a dominant scavenger
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Scavenger community response to the removal of a dominant scavenger
Z. H. Olson ([email protected]), J. C. Beasley and O. E. Rhodes, Jr., Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources, 195 Marstellar Street, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Present address for OER: USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. – T. L. DeVault, USDA, Animal and Plant ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oikos
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0030-1299
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19771.x