Evolution of prey in ecological time reduces the effect size of predators in experimental microcosms

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 629-636

  Terhorst, Casey P ^a   Miller, Thomas E ^a   Levitan, Don R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colpoda; Effect size; Mosquito larvae; Predator; Prey; Protozoa; Rapid evolution; Resistance; Sarracenia purpurea; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROCOSM; MOSQUITO; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTOZOAN; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CILIATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SARRACENIACEAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CILIOPHORA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SARRACENIACEAE; TIME FACTORS;

COLPODA; PROTOZOA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 77950396933     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1481.1     Document Type: Article

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