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dc.contributor.author | Newsome, Thomas M | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ballard, Guy | en |
dc.contributor.author | Fleming, Peter | en |
dc.contributor.author | van de Ven, Remy | en |
dc.contributor.author | Story, Georgeanna | en |
dc.contributor.author | Dickman, Chris | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-30T15:51:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Oecologia, 175(1), p. 139-150 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-1939 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-8549 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17767 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Resource subsidies to opportunistic predators may alter natural predator-prey relationships and, in turn, have implications for how these predators affect co-occurring prey. To explore this idea, we compared the prey available to and eaten by a top canid predator, the Australian dingo ('Canis lupus dingo'), in areas with and without human-provided food. Overall, small mammals formed the majority of dingo prey, followed by reptiles and then invertebrates. Where human-provided food resources were available, dingoes ate them; 17% of their diet comprised kitchen waste from a refuse facility. There was evidence of dietary preference for small mammals in areas where human-provided food was available. In more distant areas, by contrast, reptiles were the primary prey. The level of seasonal switching between small mammals and reptiles was also more pronounced in areas away from human-provided food. This reaffirmed concepts of prey switching but within a short, seasonal time frame. It also confirmed that the diet of dingoes is altered where human-provided food is available. We suggest that the availability of anthropogenic food to this species and other apex predators therefore has the potential to alter trophic cascades. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Springer | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oecologia | en |
dc.title | Human-resource subsidies alter the dietary preferences of a mammalian top predator | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00442-014-2889-7 | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Conservation and Biodiversity | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Terrestrial Ecology | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Animal Behaviour | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Thomas M | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Guy | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Peter | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Remy | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Georgeanna | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Chris | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060801 Animal Behaviour | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060208 Terrestrial Ecology | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | en |
local.profile.school | School of Biological Sciences, Heydon-Laurence Building, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | Biometric Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Forest Road, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia | en |
local.profile.school | Scats About, P.O. Box 45, Majors Creek, NSW, 2622, Australia | en |
local.profile.school | School of Biological Sciences, Heydon-Laurence Building, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia | en |
local.profile.email | gballar3@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | pflemin7@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20150708-114925 | en |
local.publisher.place | Germany | en |
local.format.startpage | 139 | en |
local.format.endpage | 150 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 84901433939 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 175 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 1 | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Newsome | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Ballard | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Fleming | en |
local.contributor.lastname | van de Ven | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Story | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Dickman | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:gballar3 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:pflemin7 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:17979 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Human-resource subsidies alter the dietary preferences of a mammalian top predator | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Newsome, Thomas M | en |
local.search.author | Ballard, Guy | en |
local.search.author | Fleming, Peter | en |
local.search.author | van de Ven, Remy | en |
local.search.author | Story, Georgeanna | en |
local.search.author | Dickman, Chris | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000334691600013 | en |
local.year.published | 2014 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 310901 Animal behaviour | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 410401 Conservation and biodiversity | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 310308 Terrestrial ecology | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity | en |
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