Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions in a Simple Aquatic Food Web

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 1146 - 1156
• Main Authors: Peacor, Scott D., Werner, Earl E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Ecological Society of America 01.06.1997
• Subjects: Aeshnidae; Anax; Anax junius; Anax longipes; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; anuran larvae; Aquatic life; behavioral induction; Biological and medical sciences; Chironomus; Ecological competition; Ecology; Food chains; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Frogs; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; higher order interactions; Libellulidae; Marine ecology; Midges; Odonata; odonate predator; Predation; predation risk; Predators; Rana; Synecology; Tadpoles; trait-mediated indirect interaction; Tramea; Tramea lacerata; Water tanks; Predator prey relation; Laboratory study; Rana clamitans; Bovine; Insecta; Amphibia; Trophic relation; Salientia; Experimental study; Freshwater environment; Water tank; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Food web; Animal community; Arthropoda; Interspecific competition; Odonata; Artiodactyla; Invertebrata; Rana catesbeiana; Ungulata; Interspecific relation

This investigation examines the role of trait-mediated indirect interactions in a simple aquatic food web. We conducted the experiments in cattle watering tanks in order to establish whether competitive and predator-prey interactions between two species are affected by other species in the system; i...