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DOI | 10.1111/ele.12735 |
Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades | |
Start, Denon; Gilbert, Benjamin | |
2017-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGY LETTERS
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ISSN | 1461-023X |
EISSN | 1461-0248 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 20期号:3 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada |
英文摘要 | Intraspecific variation is central to our understanding of evolution and population ecology, yet its consequences for community ecology are poorly understood. Animal personality - consistent individual differences in suites of behaviours - may be particularly important for trophic dynamics, where predator personality can determine activity rates and patterns of attack. We used mesocosms with aquatic food webs in which the top predator (dragonfly nymphs) varied in activity and subsequent attack rates on zooplankton, and tested the effects of predator personality. We found support for four hypotheses: (1) active predators disproportionately reduce the abundance of prey, (2) active predators select for predator-resistant prey species, (3) active predators strengthen trophic cascades (increase phytoplankton abundance) and (4) active predators are more likely to cannibalise one another, weakening all other trends when at high densities. These results suggest that intraspecific variation in predator personality is an important determinant of prey abundance, community composition and trophic cascades. |
英文关键词 | Copepod Daphnia Epitheca canis food web intraspecific variation predation competition |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000395169300009 |
WOS关键词 | ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS ; RISK TRADE-OFF ; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION ; INTRAGUILD PREDATION ; BEHAVIORAL SYNDROMES ; SPATIAL SCALES ; BODY-SIZE ; FOOD-WEB ; ECOLOGY ; CANNIBALISM |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/31354 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Univ Toronto, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Start, Denon,Gilbert, Benjamin. Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades[J]. ECOLOGY LETTERS,2017,20(3). |
APA | Start, Denon,&Gilbert, Benjamin.(2017).Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades.ECOLOGY LETTERS,20(3). |
MLA | Start, Denon,et al."Predator personality structures prey communities and trophic cascades".ECOLOGY LETTERS 20.3(2017). |
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