Multiple predator species alter prey behavior, population growth, and a trophic cascade in a model estuarine food web

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-132

  Reynolds, Pamela L ^a,b   Bruno, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Antipredator behavior; Diversity; Food web; Marine; Multiple predator; Nonconsumptive effects; Predator prey interactions; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FITNESS; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LAGODON;

EID: 84877149979     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2284.1     Document Type: Article

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