Predation is an interaction during which an organism kills and feeds on another organism.
Past and current interest in studying predation in terrestrial habitats has yielded a number of …

This book addresses the fundamental issues of predator-prey interactions, with an emphasis
on predation among arthropods, which have been better studied, and for which the …

A central controversy in ecology addresses the relative importance of competi tion and
predation in determining the characteristics of organisms (eg be havior, life history) …

Quantifying the relative impacts of top‐down vs. bottom‐up control of ecosystems remains a
controversial issue, with debate often focusing on the perennial question of how predators …

We review the available information on predator/prey relationships among southern South
American terrestrial vertebrates, as dichotomized into two topics: effects of predators upon …

The fossil record is the primary source of data used to study predator-prey interactions in
deep time and to evaluate key questions regarding the evolutionary and ecological …

Aim Arthropods as vertebrate predators is a generally overlooked aspect in ecology due to
the cryptic nature of these events, the relatively small size of arthropods and the difficulty in …

Summary 1 The effects of predation are among the most pervasive in ecology. As
parasitoids, parasites, grazers or top carnivores, predators have large influences on the …

Predator–prey interactions shape ecosystems and can help maintain biodiversity. However,
for many of the earth's most biodiverse and abundant organisms, including terrestrial …

During the last century, a variety of field techniques have been developed to gain insight into
predator–prey relationships. A common starting point for a predator–-prey study is to …