The many faces of predation: How induction, selection, and thinning combine to alter prey phenotypes

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1953-1964

  Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anax longipes; Antipredator traits; Hyla versicolor; Phenotype; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation

Indexed keywords

INDUCED RESPONSE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; THINNING;

AESHNIDAE; ANAX LONGIPES; ANISOPTERA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HYLA VERSICOLOR; ODONATA;

EID: 0000445547     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1953:TMFOPH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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