Detecting small environmental differences: Risk-response curves for predator-induced behavior and morphology

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-754

  Schoeppner, Nancy M ^a,b   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous variation; Environmental sensitivity; Graded response; Threshold response

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENT; FROG; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RANDOMIZATION; RISK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANIDAE; RISK;

ANURA; DYTISCUS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 36849052351     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0862-4     Document Type: Article

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