SAFETY IN NUMBERS - SOPHISTICATED VIGILANCE BY ALLENBYS GERBIL

Authors
ROSENZWEIG ML ABRAMSKY Z SUBACH A
Citation
Ml. Rosenzweig et al., SAFETY IN NUMBERS - SOPHISTICATED VIGILANCE BY ALLENBYS GERBIL, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 94(11), 1997, pp. 5713-5715
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
94
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5713 - 5715
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1997)94:11<5713:SIN-SV>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Since 1963, nonlinear predation theory has predicted that, at low popu lation densities, victim species may well be mutualistic rather than c ompetitive, 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 th eory's prediction of mutualism. The behavior of the gerbils confirms i ts existence.