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nonconsumptive effects

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 10 | Mentions: 10

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Knowledge graph centered on nonconsumptive effects with 71 nodes and 155 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Beetles, Callospermophilus lateralis, Diptera.

Definition

Behavioral, physiological, and life-history changes that reduce the risk of predation but have associated energetic or fitness costs to prey individuals and populations

Related Terms (13)

nonconsumptive species impactnonconsumptive interactionsNCEremote controlfear effectsrisk effectstrait-mediated indirect effectsbehavioral effectstrait-mediated effectsnonlethal effects

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Publications (10)

Nonconsumptive effects of Brook Trout predators reduce secondary production of mayfly prey

2020Freshwater Science

Mayflies avoid sweets: fish skin mucus amino sugars stimulate predator avoidance behaviour of <i> Baetis </i> larvae

2019Animal Behaviour

Costs of predator-induced phenotypic plasticity: A graphical model for predicting the contribution of non-consumptive and consumptive effects of predators on prey

Testing predictions of the coexistence of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>, and least chipmunks, <i>Tamias minimus</i>, in meadows with various distances from cover

Trade-offs associated with food availability and predator avoidance behavior of a stream mayfly

Predator effects in predator-free space: The remote effects of predators on prey

2010The Open Ecology Journal

Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations

Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on metacommunities of competing prey

Related Concepts (10)

Predation

phenomenon7 shared papers

flush early and avoid the rush (FEAR) hypothesis

hypothesis4 shared papers

Interspecies competition

phenomenon2 shared papers

trophic cascade

process2 shared papers

life-history trade-offs

theory2 shared papers

chemical cues

process2 shared papers

competitive exclusion theory

theory1 shared paper

Microevolutionary adaptation

process1 shared paper

Metapopulation connectivity

process1 shared paper

directional selection

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Daphnia

Daphniidae7 papers

Mayflies

Ephemeroptera7 papers

Zooplankton

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmonidae6 papers

Baetis bicaudatus

Baetidae6 papers

Baetis

Baetidae6 papers

Beetles

Ephemeroptera

aquatic insects

Daphnia galeata mendotae

Daphniidae3 papers

2008Ecology

From individuals to ecosystem function: toward an integration of evolutionary and ecosystem ecology

Predator chemicals induce changes in mayfly life history traits: a whole-stream manipulation