Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: Biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-713

  Safi, Kamran ^a,b   Siemers, Björn M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Neuroecology; Niche segregation; Predator prey interaction; Sensor filtering; Sensory bias

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; ECHOLOCATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953805444     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9326-0     Document Type: Article

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