Lack of prey switching and strong preference for mosquito prey by a temporary pond specialist predator

Cuthbert, Ross N; Dalu, Tatenda; Wasserman, Ryan J; Weyl, Olaf L F; Froneman, P William; Callaghan, Amanda; Dick, Jaimie T A

Title: Lack of prey switching and strong preference for mosquito prey by a temporary pond specialist predator
Creator: Cuthbert, Ross N
Creator: Dalu, Tatenda
Creator: Wasserman, Ryan J
Creator: Weyl, Olaf L F
Creator: Froneman, P William
Creator: Callaghan, Amanda
Creator: Dick, Jaimie T A
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/466946
Identifier: vital:76801
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12801
Description: The strengths of trophic interactions within ecosystems can be mediated by complex mechanisms that require elucidation if researchers are to understand and predict population‐ and community‐level stabilities. Where multiple prey types co‐occur, prey switching (i.e. frequency‐dependent predation) by predators may facilitate low‐density prey refuge effects which promote coexistence. On the other hand, lack of switching and strong preferences by predators can strongly suppress prey populations, which is especially important considering vector species such as mosquitoes.
Format: 4 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Ecological Entomology
Relation: Cuthbert, R.N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Weyl, O.L., Froneman, P.W., Callaghan, A. and Dick, J.T., 2020. Lack of prey switching and strong preference for mosquito prey by a temporary pond specialist predator. Ecological Entomology, 45(2), pp.369-372
Relation: Ecological Entomology volume 45 number 2 369 372 2020 1365-2311
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