Temporal coincidence of environmental stress events modulates predation rates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 680-688

  Pincebourde, Sylvain ^a,b   Sanford, Eric ^c,d   Casas, Jérôme ^b   Helmuth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Body temperature; Climate change; Environmental fluctuations; Predation; Temporal interactions; Thermal stress; Variance

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; MYTILUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDATION; STARFISH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYTILUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARFISH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 84862145498     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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