Journal article
Trait‐mediated interactions: influence of prey size, density and experience
Abstract
1. The role of non-consumptive predator effects in structuring ecological communities has become an important area of study for ecologists. Numerous studies have shown that adaptive changes in prey in response to a predator can improve survival in subsequent encounters with that predator. 2. Prey-mediated changes in the shapes of predators' functional response surfaces determine the qualitative predictions of theoretical models. However, few …
Authors
McCoy MW; Bolker BM
Journal
Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 478–486
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2008
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01372.x
ISSN
0021-8790