Adaptive changes in prey vulnerability shape the response of predator populations to mortality

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-304

  Abrams, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive defense; Adaptive foraging; Food chain; Harvesting; Mortality; Top down effect; Yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS;

EID: 70349777282     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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