Density-dependent movement and the consequences of the Allee effect in the model organism Tetrahymena

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 712-722

  Fronhofer, Emanuel A ^a   Kropf, Tabea ^b   Altermatt, Florian ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Tetrahymena; Allee effect; Chemical cue; Density dependent dispersal; Density dependent movement; Emigration; Metapopulation; Microcosm; Movement

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CHEMICAL CUE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; METAPOPULATION; MICROCOSM; MOVEMENT; PROTOZOAN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CUES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84928138574     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12315     Document Type: Article

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