| Title |
The Many Faces of Fear: Comparing the Pathways and Impacts of Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Populations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002465 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Evan L. Preisser, Daniel I. Bolnick |
| Abstract |
Most ecological models assume that predator and prey populations interact solely through consumption: predators reduce prey densities by killing and consuming individual prey. However, predators can also reduce prey densities by forcing prey to adopt costly defensive strategies. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 329 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 310 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 88 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 67 | 20% |
| Researcher | 44 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 42 | 13% |
| Unknown | 36 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 192 | 58% |
| Environmental Science | 57 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 2% |
| Psychology | 3 | <1% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 2% |
| Unknown | 58 | 18% |