Prey morphology constrains the feeding ecology of an aquatic generalist predator

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 744-754

  Willson, John D ^a,b   Hopkins, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma talpoideum; Banded watersnakes; Feeding performance; Intra oral transport; Lepomis marginatus; Locomotor performance; Nerodia fasciata; Prey handling; Specific dynamic action

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENERALIST; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMPHIBIA; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MARGINATUS; NERODIA FASCIATA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 79955542034     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0781.1     Document Type: Article

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