Evolution of prey in ecological time reduces the effect size of predators in experimental microcosms

Ecologists have long studied the effect of predators on prey population abundance while evolutionary biologists have measured prey trait evolution in response to predation. Ecological and evolutionary processes were generally thought to occur on different time scales, but recent evidence suggests th...

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Published in:	Ecology (Durham) Vol. 91; no. 3; pp. 629 - 636
Main Authors:	terHorst, Casey P, Thomas E. Miller, Don R. Levitan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Ecological Society of America 01-03-2010
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution biologists Body Size Ciliophora - genetics Ciliophora - physiology Colpoda Culicidae - physiology Ecological competition Ecological genetics Ecology Ecosystem effect size Evolution Evolutionary biology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects insect larvae leaves mosquito larvae Mosquitoes Mosquitos Population ecology population growth Population growth rate Predation predator predator-prey relationships Predators Predatory Behavior prey Protozoa rapid evolution resistance Sarracenia purpurea Sarraceniaceae Synecology Time Factors tolerance Protozoa Insecta Microcosm Tolerance Sarracenia purpurea Ecology mosquito larvae Experimental study Colpoda resistance Prey Sensitivity resistance Larva rapid evolution Arthropoda Culicidae Ectoparasite Predator Invertebrata effect size Diptera
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