Metabolic stoichiometry and the ecology of fear in Trinidadian guppies: consequences for life histories and stream ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 691-701

  Dalton, Christopher M ^a   Flecker, Alexander S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviorally mediated trophic cascade; General stress paradigm; Non consumptive predator effect; Nutrient excretion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON BUDGET; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; STOCHASTICITY; STREAM;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

CRENICICHLA ALTA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMAL; CICHLID; ECOSYSTEM; FEAR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; PREDATION; RIVER;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEAR; FOOD CHAIN; POECILIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS;

EID: 84919443566     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3084-6     Document Type: Article

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