Adaptive plasticity in ontogenetic niche shifts stabilizes consumer-resource dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-109

  Takimoto, Gaku ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Bluegill; Largemouth bass; Perch; Persistence; Time delays

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0037829282     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375540     Document Type: Article

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