Ontogenetic diet shifts promote predator-mediated coexistence

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2886-2897

  Wollrab, Sabine ^a,d   De Roos, André M ^b   Diehl, Sebastian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Competition; Diamond food web; Predation; Predator mediated coexistence; Stage structure; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIETARY SHIFT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892177317     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1490.1     Document Type: Article

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