Predator-prey instability: Individual-level mechanisms for population-level results

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Beisner, B E ^a,c   Mccauley, E ^a   Wrona, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daphnia pulex; Mesostoma ehrenbergii; physiology of individuals; plastic reproductive strategy; predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA PULEX; MESOSTOMA EHRENBERGII; TUBELLARIA;

EID: 0030618940     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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