Conservation Strategies for Species Affected by Apparent Competition

• Published in: Conservation Biology
• Main Authors: WITTMER, HEIKO U., SERROUYA, ROBERT, ELBROCH, L. MARK, MARSHALL, ANDREW J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Huemul; Patagonia; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12005; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fcobi.12005; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/cobi.12005/fullpdf

Abstract Apparent competition is an indirect interaction between 2 or more prey species through a shared predator, and it is increasingly recognized as a mechanism of the decline and extinction of many species. Through case studies, we evaluated the effectiveness of 4 management strategies for speci...