Herbivore physiological response to predation risk and implications for ecosystem nutrient dynamics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 15503-15507

  Hawlena, Dror ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Metabolism; Nutrient balance; Physiological stress; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT TISSUE; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPIDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 77957280563     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009300107     Document Type: Article

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