Predator evasion in Daphnia: The adaptive value of aggregation associated with attack abatement

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 461-467

  Jensen, Knut H ^a   Larsson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attack abatement; Chaoborus; Daphnia; Food search; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036941529     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0979-4     Document Type: Article

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