The long-term impacts of predators on prey: Inducible defenses, population dynamics, and indirect effects

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1219-1230

  Hoverman, Jason T ^a,b   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOCOSM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL; TIMESCALE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84863861367     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19792.x     Document Type: Article

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