Grasshoppers alter jumping biomechanics to enhance escape performance under chronic risk of spider predation

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-288

  Hawlena, Dror ^a   Kress, Holger ^b   Dufresne, Eric R ^b,c   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape behaviour; Functional traits; Inducible defenses; Jumping technique; Physiological stress; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions; Whole animal performance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; MESOCOSM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 78751690341     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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