The effect of prey density on predators: Conspicuousness and attack success are sensitive to spatial scale

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Ioannou, Christos C ^a   Morrell, Lesley J ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   Krause, Jens ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conspicuousness; Daphnia; Domain of danger; Selfish herd; Spatial scale; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY LOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAPHNIA; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 63449103557     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597219     Document Type: Article

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