Behavioural and physiological responses of limpet prey to a seastar predator and their transmission to basal trophic levels

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 923-933

  Manzur, Tatiana ^a,b   Vidal, Francisco ^b   Pantoja, José F ^c   Fernández, Miriam ^b   Navarrete, Sergio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Energetic cost; Non lethal predator effects; Physiology; Predator induced stress; Trait mediated indirect effects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; CHEMICAL CUE; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREEN ALGA; INGESTION RATE; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SNAIL; TIME ALLOCATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; FISSURELLA LIMBATA; HELIANTHUS; HELIASTER; HELIASTER HELIANTHUS; PATELLIDAE; ULVA;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; STARFISH; ULVA;

ANIMALS; CUES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARFISH; ULVA;

EID: 84902540308     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12199     Document Type: Article

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