Multiple Predators in the Pelagic: Modelling Behavioural Cascades

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 423 - 429
• Main Authors: Fiksen, Øyvind, Eliassen, Sigrunn, Titelman, Josefin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK British Ecological Society 01.05.2005; Blackwell Science Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal ecology; Animal migration behavior; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biologi; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Sciences; copepods; diel vertical migration; DVM; dynamic programming; Ecological modeling; Ecology; Ekologi; emergent effects; Fish; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; life-history; Marine ecology; multiple predators; patterns; planktivorous fish; Plankton; Predation; Predators; prey; sea; Wildlife habitats; Zooplankton; Plankton; multiple predators; emergent effects; dynamic programming; DVM; Predator; Zooplankton; Pelagic zone

1. The behaviour of predators is rarely considered in models of predator-prey interactions, nor is it common to include multiple predators in models of animal behaviour. 2. We introduce a model of optimal diel vertical migration in zooplankton prey facing predation from two functionally different re...