Predicting predation through prey ontogeny using size-dependent functional response models

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 752-766

  McCoy, Michael W ^a,b   Bolker, Benjamin M ^c   Warkentin, Karen M ^d,e   Vonesh, James R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bayesian; Consumer resource; Density dependence; Predator prey; Size structure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FROG; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INSECT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; INSECTS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

EID: 79957542425     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659950     Document Type: Article

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