Trait-based predation suitability offers insight into effects of changing prey communities.

ABSTRACT: Increasing environmental pressures and human impacts are reshaping community structures and species interactions throughout all trophic levels. The morphological and behavioural characteristics of species communities contain key ecological information on why prey species appear attractive to predators but are rarely applied when exploring predator-prey (PP) relationships. Expanding our knowledge on how changing prey communities can alter the food resource suitability (RS) for predators is vital for understanding PP dynamics in changing ecosystems. Detailed predator diet data are commonly restricted to commercially important species and often not available over long temporal scales. To find out whether structural changes of prey communities impact the food RS for predator communities over s

SUBMITTER: Weigel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6225838 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature