Behaviourally mediated indirect effects: Interference competition increases predation mortality in foraging redshanks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 713-723

  Minderman, Jeroen ^a,c   Lind, Johan ^b   Cresswell, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Orchestia; Redshanks; Top down control; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; GROUP PROCESS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; GROUP PROCESSES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; ORCHESTIA; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 33646598360     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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