Functional and numerical responses of shrews to competition vary with mouse density.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Carolyn A Eckrich, Elizabeth A Flaherty, Merav Ben-David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189471; https://doaj.org/article/7cbcc29332864302a4113ceab84f9f95

For decades, ecologists have debated the importance of biotic interactions (e.g., competition) and abiotic factors in regulating populations. Competition can influence patterns of distribution, abundance, and resource use in many systems but remains difficult to measure. We quantified competition be...