Prey change behaviour with predation threat, but demographic effects vary with prey density: Experiments with grasshoppers and birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Belovsky, Gary E ^a   Laws, Angela Nardoni ^a,b   Slade, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Grasshoppers; Intraspecific competition; Predation; Prey behavioural changes; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; FIELDWORK; FOOD WEB; GRASSHOPPER; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; MONTANA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AVES;

EID: 79952520657     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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