Sensory-based niche partitioning in a multiple predator - multiple prey community.

ABSTRACT: Many predators and parasites eavesdrop on the communication signals of their prey. Eavesdropping is typically studied as dyadic predator-prey species interactions; yet in nature, most predators target multiple prey species and most prey must evade multiple predator species. The impact of predator communities on prey signal evolution is not well understood. Predators could converge in their preferences for conspicuous signal properties, generating competition among predators and natural selection on particular prey signal features. Alternatively, predator species could vary in their preferences for prey signal properties, resulting in sensory-based niche partitioning of prey resources. In the Neotropics, many substrate-gleaning bats use the mate-attraction songs of male katydids to locate t

SUBMITTER: Falk JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4455811 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature