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Evolution of prey behavior in response to changes in predation regime: damselflies in fish and dragonfly lakes.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2003
Stoks R, McPeek M A, Mitchell J L
Abstract excerpt
In a large behavioral experiment we reconstructed the evolution of behavioral responses to predators to explore how interactions with predators have shaped the evolution of their prey's behavior. All Enallagma damselfly species reduced both movement and feeding in the presence of coexisting predators. Some Enallagma species inhabit water bodies with both fish and dragonflies, and these species responded to the...
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