Predator size and phenology shape prey survival in temporary ponds

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-580

  Urban, Mark C ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Growth predation risk tradeoffs; Prey size refuge; Priority effects; Temporary ponds

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; GAPE LIMITATION; PHENOLOGY; POND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 36448984933     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0856-2     Document Type: Article

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