Estimating the prevalence and strength of non-independent predator effects

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 452-460

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

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

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

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; Independent predator effects; Multiple predator species; Risk reduction; Trait mediated interactions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 27544466271     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0201-6     Document Type: Article

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