Face‐off: Novel depredation and nest defense behaviors between an invasive and a native predator in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA

Face‐off: Novel depredation and nest defense behaviors between an invasive and a native predator in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA

Abstract We describe several photo‐documented novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida—the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). Over several days we documented a bobcat's depredation of an unguarded python nest and subsequent...

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Main Authors: Andrea F. Currylow, Matthew F. McCollister, Gretchen E. Anderson, Jillian M. Josimovich, Austin L. Fitzgerald, Christina M. Romagosa, Amy A. Yackel Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
bobcat
Burmese python
intraguild predation
nest depredation
reptile–mammal interaction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8639

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8639

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