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predation pressure

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 42 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on predation pressure with 42 nodes and 131 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Yellow-bellied Marmot, Callospermophilus lateralis.

Definition

Selection pressure imposed by predators that may favor optimal body sizes for escape ability

Publications (1)

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Bigger is not always better: Viability selection on body mass varies across life stages in a hibernating mammal

2021Ecology and Evolution

predation pressure

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Definition

Publications (1)

Bigger is not always better: Viability selection on body mass varies across life stages in a hibernating mammal

Related Concepts (5)

life-history trade-offs

balancing selection

directional selection

viability selection

hibernation energetics

Frequently Associated Species

Canis latrans

Callospermophilus lateralis

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Cervus elaphus

Parus major

Ovis canadensis

Mirounga leonina

Rattus rattus

Marmota monax

Vulpes vulpes