Food web consequences of an evolutionary arms race: Molluscs subject to crab predation on intertidal mudflats in Oman are unavailable to shorebirds - Bom, Roeland A.; de Fouw, Jimmy; Klaassen, Raymond H. G.; Piersma, Theunis; Lavaleye, Marc S. S.; Ens, Bruno J.; Oudman, Thomas; van Gils, Jan A. (Journal of biogeography, 2018)
Keywords: aluminum; anti‐predation traits; Aquatic birds; Armor; Arms Races; Biological evolution; Biomass; Birds; breaking force; burrowing depth; Communities; Crabs; Crustaceans; defense mechanisms; Dispersal; Evolution; evolutionary arms race; Food chains; Food webs; geographical distribution; Ice ages; Indo‐West Pacific; intertidal mudflats; Intertidal zone; littoral zone; Mollusca; molluscs; Mollusks; Mud flats; Oman; Predation; Predators; Prey; Scars; sediments; Shells; shorebirds; Shores; stocking rate; Studies; Oman