Physiological stress as a fundamental mechanism linking predation to ecosystem functioning

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-556

  Hawlena, Dror ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Food chain length; Metabolism; Predation risk; Stress physiology; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGE; HERBIVORE; METABOLISM; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78349235384     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656495     Document Type: Article

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