Informational constraints on predator–prey interactions

BT Martin, MA Gil, AK Fahimipour, AM Hein - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rates of interactions between predators and prey are fundamental to population and
food web dynamics. Yet, most ecological theory of predator–prey interaction rates deals …

[HTML][HTML] Predator and prey functional traits: understanding the adaptive machinery driving predator–prey interactions

O Schmitz - F1000Research, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Predator–prey relationships are a central component of community dynamics. Classic
approaches have tried to understand and predict these relationships in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation of predator functional responses using a mechanistic approach in a natural system

A Beardsell, D Gravel, D Berteaux… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The functional response is at the core of any predator-prey interactions as it establishes the
link between trophic levels. The use of inaccurate functional response can profoundly affect …

Pursuit and evasion strategies in the predator–prey interactions of fishes

AN Peterson, AP Soto… - … and comparative biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Predator–prey interactions are critical to the biology of a diversity of animals. Although prey
capture is determined by the direction, velocity, and timing of motion by both animals, it is …

False exclusion: a case to embed predator performance in classical population models

DJS Montagnes, X Zhu, L Gu, Y Sun… - The American …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
We argue that predator-prey dynamics, a cornerstone of ecology, can be driven by
insufficiently explored aspects of predator performance that are inherently prey dependent …

Where and when to hunt? Decomposing predation success of an ambush carnivore

JA Smith, E Donadio, OR Bidder, JN Pauli, MJ Sheriff… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predator–prey games emerge when predators and prey dynamically respond to the
behavior of one another, driving the outcomes of predator–prey interactions. Predation …

Individual variability: the missing component to our understanding of predator–prey interactions

N Pettorelli, A Hilborn, C Duncan, SM Durant - Advances in ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Predator–prey interactions are central to our understanding of adaptive evolution and
community ecology. A growing body of research indicates that predation risk and prey …

Putting predators back into behavioral predator–prey interactions

SL Lima - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2002 - cell.com
In the study of behavioral predator–prey interactions, predators have been treated as
abstract sources of risk to which prey respond, rather than participants in a larger behavioral …

Estimating predator functional responses using the times between prey captures

KE Coblentz, JP DeLong - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Predator functional responses describe predator feeding rates and are central to predator–
prey theory. Ecologists have measured thousands of predator functional responses using …

Outrun or outmaneuver: predator–prey interactions as a model system for integrating biomechanical studies in a broader ecological and evolutionary context

TY Moore, AA Biewener - Integrative and comparative biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Behavioral studies performed in natural habitats provide a context for the development of
hypotheses and the design of experiments relevant both to biomechanics and to evolution …