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

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Eckrich, Carolyn A., Flaherty, Elizabeth A., Ben-David, Merav
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Subjects: Research Article; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5752000/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29298313; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189471

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...