Inducible defenses in prey intensify predator cannibalism

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3150-3158

  Kishida, Osamu ^a   Trussell, Geoffrey C ^b   Nishimura, Kinya ^c   Ohoushi, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cannibalism; Diet; Food webs; Hynobius retardatus (dunn); Inducible defense; Predation risk; Rana pirica (matsui); Salamander; Trait mediated indirect effects; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANNIBALISM; FOOD WEB; INDUCED RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; FOOD CHAIN; FROG; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; URODELA;

HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; RANA PIRICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70349950546     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2158.1     Document Type: Article

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