Predator diversity and trophic interactions

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2415-2426

  Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat domain; Hunting mode; Intraguild predation; Multiple predators; Predator and prey traits; Predator diversity; Risk enhancement and reduction; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNERGISM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449108157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0937.1     Document Type: Article

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