Excess digestive capacity in predators reflects a life of feast and famine

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7358, 2011, Pages 84-88

  Armstrong, Jonathan B ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; FAMINE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; EXPERIENCE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FORAGE; HUNGER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 79961165911     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10240     Document Type: Article

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