Mechanisms of nonlethal predator effect on cohort size variation: Ecological and evolutionary implications

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1536-1547

  Peacor, Scott D ^a,b   Schiesari, Luis ^c,d   Werner, Earl E ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran; Cohort; Growth autocorrelation; Growth rate; Heritability; Induction; Nonconsumptive effect; Nonlethal effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator; Selection; Size variation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547621033     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1066     Document Type: Article

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