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The Many Faces of Fear: Comparing the Pathways and Impacts of Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Populations

BACKGROUND: Most ecological models assume that predator and prey populations interact solely through consumption: predators reduce prey densities by killing and consuming individual prey. However, predators can also reduce prey densities by forcing prey to adopt costly defensive strategies. METHODOL...

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Autores principales: Preisser, Evan L., Bolnick, Daniel I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18560575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002465