Knowing the Enemy: Inducible Defences in Freshwater Zooplankton

Knowing the Enemy: Inducible Defences in Freshwater Zooplankton

Phenotypic plasticity in defensive traits is an appropriate mechanism to cope with the variable hazard of a frequently changing predator spectrum. In the animal kingdom these so-called inducible defences cover the entire taxonomic range from protozoans to vertebrates. The inducible defensive traits...

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Main Authors: Patricia Diel, Marvin Kiene, Dominik Martin-Creuzburg, Christian Laforsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
aquatic ecology
behavioural defences
diel vertical migration
freshwater zooplankton
inducible defences
kairomones
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/147

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