Predicting population-level risk effects of predation from the responses of individuals

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2006-2015

  Macleod, Colin D ^a,b   Macleod, Ross ^b   Learmonth, Jennifer A ^a   Cresswell, Will ^c   Pierce, Graham J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncates; Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena Phocoena; Indirect Effects; Individual Based Theory; Lethal Porpoise Dolphin Interactions; Mass Dependent Predation Risk; Nonconsumptive Effects; Nonlethal Predator Effects; Sandeel, Ammodytes Marinus; Scotland; Starvation Predation Risk Trade Off

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION; BIOENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORPOISE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOCOENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 84904334650     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1795.1     Document Type: Article

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