Adult Prey Neutralizes Predator Nonconsumptive Limitation of Prey Recruitment.

Recent studies have shown that predator chemical cues can limit prey demographic rates such as recruitment. For instance, barnacle pelagic larvae reduce settlement where predatory dogwhelk cues are detected, thereby limiting benthic recruitment. However, adult barnacles attract conspecific larvae th...

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Main Authors: Julius A Ellrich, Ricardo A Scrosati, Katharina Romoth, Markus Molis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4849580?pdf=render