Measuring the impact of dynamic antipredator traits on predator-prey- resource interactions

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1640-1649

  Abrams, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional response; Habitat selection; Metacommunity; Nonconsumptive effect; Predator prey interaction; Trait mediated indirect interaction; Tritrophic system

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 54549108970     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0764.1     Document Type: Article

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