Field evidence of trait-mediated indirect interactions in a rocky intertidal food web

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-245

  Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Carcinus maenas; Community structure; Crab predation; Food web; Indirect interactions; Littorina littorea; Risk cues; Rocky intertidal zone; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROCKY SHORE;

UNITED STATES;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA;

EID: 0036128307     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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