Temperature dependence of trophic interactions are driven by asymmetry of species responses and foraging strategy

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-84

  Dell, Anthony I ^a,b   Pawar, Samraat ^a,c   Savage, Van M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Communities; Consumer resource dynamics; Food webs; Predator prey; Scaling; Species interactions; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITIES; CONSUMER-RESOURCE DYNAMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEBS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY; SCALING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITIES; CONSUMER-RESOURCE DYNAMICS; FOOD WEBS; PREDATOR-PREY; SCALING; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84890787390     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12081     Document Type: Article

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