Browsing Faculty Research Publications (Zoology) by Author "Novak, Mark"

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Structure and mechanism of diet specialisation: testing models of individual variation in resource use with sea otters

Tinker, M. Tim; Guimaraes, Paulo R. Jr.; Novak, Mark; Marquitti, Flavia Maria Darcie; Bodkin, James L.; Staedler, Michelle; Bentall, Gena; Estes, James A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-05)

Studies of consumer-resource interactions suggest that individual diet specialisation is empirically widespread and theoretically important to the organisation and dynamics of populations and communities. We used weighte ...
Using the functional response of a consumer to predict biotic resistance to invasive prey

Twardochleb, Laura A.; Novak, Mark; Moore, Jonathan W. (Ecological Society of America, 2012-06)

Predators sometimes provide biotic resistance against invasions by nonnative prey. Understanding and predicting the strength of biotic resistance remains a key challenge in invasion biology. A predator's functional respo ...