As good as dead? Sublethal predation facilitates lethal predation on an intertidal clam

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-166

  Meyer, John J ^a   Byers, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural modification; Facultative commensalism; Predator avoidance strategies; Predator facilitation; Prey refuge; Risk enhancement; Siphon nipping; Soft sediment communities; Trait mediated effects

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIVALVE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

BIVALVIA; PISCES; PROTOTHACA; PROTOTHACA STAMINEA; VENERIDAE; VENERUPIS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 13544259809     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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