Do Predators Always Capture Substandard Individuals Disproportionately From Prey Populations?

Predators are commonly thought to capture substandard individuals (those in poorer condition than the average individual) in higher than expected proportions, but evidence for this paradigm is scant, biased, and inconsistent. I describe the outcomes of 447 attacks by a trained Red—tailed Hawk (Buteo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology (Durham) 1987-06, Vol.68 (3), p.669-674
1. Verfasser:	Temple, Stanley A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Autoecology Aves Biological and medical sciences Birds of prey Buteo jamaicensis Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hawks Population ecology Predation Predators Rabbits Species Squirrels Vertebrata Vertebrates Wildlife ecology
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