Indirect food web interactions affect predation of Tengmalm's Owls Aegolius funereus nests by Pine Martens Martes martes according to the alternative prey hypothesis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12265/abstract;jsessionid=F9819851C0ADAB790EE8083938A72C85.f04t03" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12265/abstract;jsessionid=F9819851C0ADAB790EE8083938A72C85.f04t03</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12265" target="_blank" >10.1111/ibi.12265</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Indirect food web interactions affect predation of Tengmalm's Owls Aegolius funereus nests by Pine Martens Martes martes according to the alternative prey hypothesis
Original language description
Although population cycles of rodents are geographically widespread and occur in a number of rodent species, higher-order food web interactions mediated by predator-rodent dynamics have primarily been described from boreal and arctic biomes. During periods of low rodent abundance, predators may switch to alternative prey, which may affect other predators directly or indirectly. Using a long-term dataset, we assessed the frequency of Pine Marten Martes martes predation on the nests of Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus during periods of fluctuating rodent abundance in Central Europe. The number of nests predated by Pine Martens was positively correlated with the annual number of nests available. The probability of predation by Pine Martens on Tengmalm's Owl nests decreased with increasing spring abundance index of Apodemus mice, but was not related to the abundance index of Myodes and Microtus voles, pooled rodent abundance or age of the nestbox. Additionally, we found no relationship bet
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
IBIS
ISSN
0019-1019
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
157
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
459-467
UT code for WoS article
000356700500003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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