Alteration of sensory abilities regulates the spatial scale of nonlethal predator effects

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-409

  Smee, Delbert L ^a   Ferner, Matthew C ^b   Weissburg, Marc J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Clam; Hydrodynamics; Indirect effects; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BRACHYURA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; FOOD CHAIN; GEORGIA; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 43049106050     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0995-0     Document Type: Article

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