Spatial scale influences the outcome of the predator-prey space race between tadpoles and predatory dragonflies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 522-531

  Hammond, John I ^a,b   Luttbeg, Barney ^a,c   Brodin, Tomas ^a,d   Sih, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibian larvae; Antipredator behaviour; Game theory; Ideal free distributions; Model selection; Odonate nymphs; Patch use; Predator prey foraging games

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; GAME THEORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; LARVA; MOVEMENT; PATCH USE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPACE USE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

EID: 84859105046     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01949.x     Document Type: Article

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