A spatial theory for emergent multiple predator-prey interactions in food webs.

ABSTRACT: Predator-prey interaction is inherently spatial because animals move through landscapes to search for and consume food resources and to avoid being consumed by other species. The spatial nature of species interactions necessitates integrating spatial processes into food web theory and evaluating how predators combine to impact their prey. Here, we present a spatial modeling approach that examines emergent multiple predator effects on prey within landscapes. The modeling is inspired by the habitat domain concept derived from empirical synthesis of spatial movement and interactions studies. Because these principles are motivated by synthesis of short-term experiments, it remains uncertain whether spatial contingency principles hold in dynamical systems. We address this uncertainty by formula

SUBMITTER: Northfield TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587500 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature