TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety in numbers
T2 - Sophisticated vigilance by Allenby's gerbil
AU - Rosenzweig, Michael L.
AU - Abramsky, Zvika
AU - Subach, Aziz
PY - 1997/5/27
Y1 - 1997/5/27
N2 - Since 1963, nonlinear predation theory has predicted that, at low population densities, victim species may well be mutualistic rather than competitive. Theory identifies this mutualism as a principal source of dynamic instability in the interaction. Using gerbils and trained barn owls, we conducted the first (to our knowledge) field tests of the theory's prediction of mutualism. The behavior of the gerbils confirms its existence.
AB - Since 1963, nonlinear predation theory has predicted that, at low population densities, victim species may well be mutualistic rather than competitive. Theory identifies this mutualism as a principal source of dynamic instability in the interaction. Using gerbils and trained barn owls, we conducted the first (to our knowledge) field tests of the theory's prediction of mutualism. The behavior of the gerbils confirms its existence.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.94.11.5713
DO - 10.1073/pnas.94.11.5713
M3 - Article
C2 - 9159138
AN - SCOPUS:0030951338
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 94
SP - 5713
EP - 5715
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 11
ER -