Enhanced anti-predator defence in the presence of food stress in the water flea Daphnia magna

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Pauwels, Kevin ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Immune function; Life history trade offs; Physiological stress response; Predation risk; Stress biology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CRUSTACEAN; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77950277769     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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