Let's go beyond taxonomy in diet description: Testing a trait-based approach to prey-predator relationships

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1137-1148

  Spitz, Jérôme ^a,b   Ridoux, Vincent ^a   Brind'Amour, Anik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging strategy; Fourth corner method; Functional ecology; Marine mammals; Prey selection; RLQ analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; TAXONOMY; TYPOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

MAMMALIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; CETACEA; CRUSTACEA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CRUSTACEA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906321048     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12218     Document Type: Article

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