Trait compensation in marine gastropods: Shell shape, avoidance behavior, and susceptibility to predation

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1581-1584

  Cotton, Peter A ^a   Rundle, Simon D ^a   Smith, Kathryn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Carcinus; Defensive traits; Gastropod; Predation; Shell morphology; Trait compensation; Trait mediated indirect effects

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; VULNERABILITY;

CARCINUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA;

EID: 4444373734     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3104     Document Type: Article

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