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ArticleEcology and evolution2021

Prey and predator density-dependent interactions under different water volumes.

Ross N Cuthbert, Tatenda Dalu, Ryan J Wasserman, Arnaud Sentis, Olaf L F Weyl, P William Froneman, Amanda Callaghan, Jaimie T A Dick

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Ross N CuthbertGEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Kiel Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2770-254X
Tatenda DaluSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Makhanda South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9019-7702
Ryan J WassermanSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Makhanda South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-1503
Arnaud SentisINRAE Aix Marseille University, UMR RECOVER Aix-en-Provence France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-3620
Olaf L F WeylDSI/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Makhanda South Africa.
P William FronemanDepartment of Zoology and Entomology Rhodes University Makhanda South Africa.
Amanda CallaghanEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences University of Reading Reading UK.
Jaimie T A DickInstitute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences Queen's University Belfast Belfast UK.
Queen's University Belfast · GBRhodes University · ZAAix-Marseille Université · FRSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity · ZAUniversity of Mpumalanga · ZAUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predation is a critical ecological process that directly and indirectly mediates population stabilities, as well as ecosystem structure and function. The strength of interactions between predators and prey may be mediated by multiple density dependences concerning numbers of predators and prey. In temporary wetland ecosystems in particular, fluctuating water volumes may alter predation rates through differing search space and prey encounter rates. Using a functional response approach, we examined the influence of predator and prey densities on interaction strengths of the temporary pond specialist copepod

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antagonismconsumer–resourcefunctional responsemultiple predator effectstemporary pondzooplankton

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PMID34141235
PMCPMC8207356
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