Scaling from individuals to food webs: The role of size-dependent responses of prey to predation risk

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 273-297

  Ovadia, Ofer ^a,b   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOOD WEB; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; PREDATION RISK; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944224474     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/VMPB-82J4-1QQF-MRPJ     Document Type: Article

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