Multiple predator effects result in risk reduction for prey across multiple prey densities

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 472-480

  Vance Chalcraft, Heather D ^a,b,d   Soluk, Daniel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial stream tanks; Multiple predator species; Prey density; Risk reductionFunctional response

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; ILLINOIS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; WISCONSIN;

CORYDALIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; ETHEOSTOMA BLENNIOIDES; SEMOTILUS;

EID: 25844468311     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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