Predation in Vertebrate Communities: The Bialowieza Primeval Forest as a Case StudyPredation, one of the most dramatic interactions in animals' lives, has long fascinated ecologists. This volume presents carnivores, raptors and their prey in the complicated net of interrelationships, and shows them against the background of their biotic and abiotic settings. It is based on long-term research conducted in the best preserved woodland of Europe's temperate zone. The role of predation, whether limiting or regulating prey (ungulate, rodent, shrew, bird, and amphibian) populations, is quantified and compared to parts played by other factors: climate, food resources for prey, and availability of other potential resources for predators. |
Contents
Ungulates A Royal Feast Served on Too High Tables | 35 |
5 | 56 |
7 | 66 |
10 | 74 |
3 | 105 |
12 | 128 |
16 | 135 |
19 | 141 |
5 | 199 |
6 | 209 |
7 | 217 |
9 | 225 |
11 | 237 |
16 | 252 |
Predation Impact and Its Importance to Prey Populations | 324 |
References | 427 |
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Predation in Vertebrate Communities Bogumila Jedrzejewska,Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski No preview available - 2014 |
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abundance adult amphibians animals autumn autumn-winter average badgers bank voles Belarussian Białowieża Forest Białowieża National Park Białowieża Primeval Forest biomass biomass consumed bison body mass breeding Bunevich captured caterpillars censused Common buzzard coniferous crop Dackevich deciduous factors feeding females food biomass foraging forest rodents forests of Białowieża frogs Gavrin Golodushko goshawks habitats home ranges Honey buzzard Insectivores invertebrates killed kmē Lesser spotted eagle lynx mammals Microtus moose nests numbers Occ Prey Okarma open marshes otter pairs pellets Percentage pine marten polecats Polish population dynamics predators pristine Pucek Pugacewicz 1996 Pygmy owl raccoon dogs red deer red fox roe deer scats scavengers snow cover snow tracking sparrowhawks spring spring-summer Stoat summer Table tawny owls temperate forests Tengmalm's owl thrush Tomiałojć total predation trees Turdus Undetermined ungulate carcasses ungulates unpubl variation vertebrates vole Microtus warbler weasels Wesołowski wild boar winter wolf and lynx wolves woodpecker