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Compensatory mechanisms for ameliorating the fundamental trade-off between predator avoidance and foraging.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Jul 2012
Thaler Jennifer S, McArt Scott H, Kaplan Ian
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Most organisms face the problem of foraging and maintaining growth while avoiding predators. Typical animal responses to predator exposure include reduced feeding, elevated metabolism, and altered development rate, all of which can be beneficial in the presence of predators but detrimental in their absence. How then do animals balance growth and predator avoidance? In a series of field and greenhouse experiments,...
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