Phenotypic plasticity, intraguild predation and anti-cannibal defences in an enigmatic polymorphic ciliate

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-434

  Banerji, Aabir ^a   Morin, Peter J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced offences; Inducible trophic polymorphism; Omnivory; Tetrahymena vorax

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANNIBALISM; CILIATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; OMNIVORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA VORAX;

EID: 62449089525     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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