This article reviews the nature of functional responses that have commonly been used to
represent feeding relationships in the ecological literature. It compares these with the range …

Spatial memory and predator-induced fear have recently been considered in modeling
population dynamics of animals independently. This paper is the first to integrate both …

Food quantity–quality interactions determine growth rates and reproductive success of
consumers and thereby regulate community dynamics and food web structure. Predator …

Trait evolution in predator–prey systems can feed back to the dynamics of interacting
species as well as cascade to impact the dynamics of indirectly linked species (eco …

Free-living eukaryotic microbes may reduce animal diseases. We evaluated the dynamics
by which micrograzers (primarily protozoa) apply top-down control on the chytrid …

It has been well established in the literature that the predator-induced fear has indirect
impact on prey but can have comparable effects on prey population as direct killing, and that …

The metabolic cost of foraging is the dark energy of ecological systems. It is much harder to
observe and to measure than its beneficial counterpart, prey consumption, yet it is not …

Metazoan disease control may require an understanding and inclusion of microbial ecology.
We evaluated the ability of micrograzers (primarily protozoa) to control chytridiomycosis, a …