Ecological Archives E093-044-A2
John P. DeLong and David A. Vasseur. 2012. A dynamic explanation of size-density scaling in carnivores. Ecology 93:470–476.
Appendix B (Table B1). Details, sources, and fits for functional responses of mammalian carnivores. For those functional responses that were re-estimated by us, R2 is shown, and raw data for these latter functional responses are provided in Supplement 1.
|
Carnivore species |
Mass (kg) |
Source |
Prey species |
Mass (kg) |
Source |
Handling time (day) |
Area of capture (ha/day) |
Source |
R2 of new fit |
|
Mustela nivalis |
0.05 | 1 |
Microtus rossiaemeridionalis |
0.03 | 1 |
0.7 (0.5, 1.4) |
0.3 (0.1, 0.5) |
1 | 0.65 |
|
Mustela nivalis |
0.05 | 1 |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
0.04 | 2 |
2.0 (1.3, 4.5) |
0.02 (0.01, 0.03) |
3 | 0.75 |
|
Canis latrans |
13 | 4 |
Lepus americanus |
1.57 | 2 |
0.42 (-0.42, 0.14) |
2.13 (-2.6, 6.9) |
5 | 0.50 |
|
Martes martes |
1.3 | 4 | Voles | 0.003 | 2 |
0.18 (0.10, 0.57) |
1.0 (-3.4, 5.4) |
6 | 0.11 |
|
Vulpes vulpes |
4.6 | 4 |
Lepus timidus |
3.1 | 2 |
3.9 (2.7, 7.3) |
0.35 (0.07, 0.63) |
7 | 0.71 |
|
Canis lupus |
46 | 4 |
Alces alces |
361 | 2 |
39.7 (32.2, 52.1) |
10.1 (0.46, 19.7) |
8 | 0.223 |
|
Canis lupus |
46 | 4 |
Alces alces |
361 | 2 | 24.1 | 0.001 | 9 | - |
|
Lynx canadensis |
11.2 | 4 |
Lepus americanus |
1.57 | 2 | 0.76 | 3.1 | 10 | - |
|
Lynx lynx |
20 | 4 |
Capreolus capreolus |
20.4 | 2 | 9.86 | 27.4 | 11 | - |
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