Article
A growth/mortality trade-off in larval salamanders and the coexistence of intraguild predators and prey.
Oecologia - 1 Jan 2004
Yurewicz Kerry L
Abstract excerpt
Behavioral and morphological traits often influence a key trade-off between resource acquisition and vulnerability to predation, and understanding trait differences between species can provide critical insight into their interactions with other species and their distributions. Such an approach should enhance our understanding of the criteria for coexistence between species that can interact through both...
Topics
- Animals
- Food Chain
- Insecta
- Larva
- Phenotype
- Population Dynamics
- Predatory Behavior
- Caudata