Behaviorally mediated trophic cascades: Effects of predation risk on food web interactions

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1388-1399

  Schmitz, Oswald J ^a   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a   O'Brien, Kathleen M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lethal direct effect; Lethal indirect effect; Melanoplus femurrubrum; Old field food web; Pisurina mira; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions; Top down control; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; PREDATION RISK; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 0030613986     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1388:BMTCEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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