Are you experienced? Predator type and predator experience trade-offs in relation to tadpole mortality rates

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Nomura, F ^a   do Prado, V H M ^b   da Silva, F R ^b   Borges, R E ^c   Dias, N Y N ^d   Rossa Feres, D De C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE RIO VERDE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral defenses; Chemical defenses; Cryptic behavior; Predator prey interaction; Trait mediated interactions; Tropical system

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; CRYPSIS; DRAGONFLY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AESHNA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INVERTEBRATA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956099973     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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