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ArticleRoyal Society open science2022

Predator discrimination of prey promotes the predator-mediated coexistence of prey species.

Gen Iwashita, Akira Yamawo, Michio Kondoh

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Gen IwashitaGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University Japan, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7414-6614
Akira YamawoDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki Aomori 036-8224, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2928-8151
Michio KondohGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University Japan, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5779-9392

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The predator discrimination of prey can affect predation intensity and the prey density dependence of predators, which has the potential to alter the coexistence of prey species. We used a predator-prey population dynamics model accounting for the predator's adaptive diet choice and predator discrimination of prey to investigate how the latter influences prey coexistence. The model revealed that (i) prey species that are perceived as belonging to the same species by a predator are attacked in the same manner, and it is more difficult for them to coexist than those that are recognized as different prey species, and (ii) prey species that are not discriminated by a predator-and therefore cannot coexist-may coexist in the presence of an alternative predator that does discriminate between them. These results suggest that prey diversity, which favours the predator discrimination of prey, and the different capabilities of predators to identify prey species both enhance prey coexistence.

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adaptive foragingapparent competitioncognitive scienceforaging theorymulti-species coexistenceprey switching

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PMID36483759
PMCPMC9727501

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