The impact of size-dependent predation on population dynamics and individual life history

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1660-1675

  Claessen, David ^a,b,c   Van Oss, Catelijne ^a   De Roos, André M ^a   Persson, Lennart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Competition; Eurasian perch; Life history, individual; Physiologically structured population model; Piscivory; Population dynamics; Predation, size dependent; Predator size relative to prey size; Size dependent cannibalism; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SIZE SELECTION;

PERCA FLAVESCENS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0013001761     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1660:TIOSDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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