Prey swarming: which predators become confused and why?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Jeschke, Jonathan M ^a   Tollrian, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeshna cyanea; attack efficiency; Chaoborus obscuripes; confusion effect; Daphnia magna; Daphnia obtusa; gregariousness; Libellula depressa; swarming effect; Triturus alpestris

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DRAGONFLY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SWARMING; VISION;

AESHNA; AESHNA CYANEA; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS OBSCURIPES; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA OBTUSA; LADONA DEPRESSA; LIBELLULA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 34548639780     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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