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Investment into Defensive Traits by Anuran Prey (Lithobates pipiens) Is Mediated by the Starvation-Predation Risk Trade-Off

Prey can invest in a variety of defensive traits when balancing risk of predation against that of starvation. What remains unknown is the relative costs of different defensive traits and how prey reconcile investment into these traits when energetically limited. We tested the simple allocation model...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Amanda M., Pereira, David, Murray, Dennis L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082344