Emergent Non-Consumptive Predator Effects Alter Habitat Colonization By Dipteran Prey

When ovipositing, prey organisms avoid habitat patches containing predator cues because predators consume, and negatively affect the fitness of their prey. Richness of predator species often enhances the strength of consumptive predator effects, but little is known about how multiple predators combi...

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Main Author: Staats, Ethan G
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3968
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5000&context=etd