The importance of predator behaviour on risk to prey

Both predator and prey have evolved to maximise reproductive success by balancing food intake with risk. There has been a bias in predator-prey studies, where prey behaviour has been examined in detail, yet predators are assumed to follow simplistic rules. I use three-spined sticklebacks predating u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ioannou, Christos
Published: University of Leeds 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487733