Numerical response of a mammalian specialist predator to multiple prey dynamics in Mediterranean farmlands

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Mougeot, François, Lambin, Xavier, Rodriguez-Pastor, Ruth, Romairone, Juan, Luque-Larena, Juan-José
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Security
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities; common vole Microtus arvalis; common weasel Mustela nivalis; mouse; shrew; population cycles; regulation; predation; seasonality; synchrony; WEASELS MUSTELA-NIVALIS; VOLE MICROTUS-ARVALIS; NORTHERN; GRADIENT; ABUNDANCE; DENSITY; POPULATION-CYCLES; RODENT CYCLES; ERMINEA; GENERALIST; QH301 Biology; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NE/G002045/1; Supplementary Data; QH301; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/12867; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2776; http://www.mendeley.com/research/numerical-response-mammalian-specialist-predator-multiple-prey-dynamics-mediterranean-farmlands; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070908978&partnerID=8YFLogxK

This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Acknowledgments This work was funded through the projects ECOCYCLES (BIODIVERSA 2008, Era‐net European project, EUI2008‐03641 and EUI2008‐03658), ECOVOLE (CGL2012‐35348), and ECOTULA (CGL2015‐66962‐C2‐1‐R; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain), and by NERC NE/G002045/1 to XL. We thank the many people that help during fieldwork, and Deon Roos and Sally Bach for correcting the English. We held all necessary permits for animal experimentation for Spain and small‐mammal capture. Peer reviewed