(par 3. 7.1) Preditor-prey cycles
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/predation/predation.html Trophic Links: Predation and Parasitism We wish to learn: • how predators affect prey populations, and vice-versa • what stabilizes predator-prey interactions and prevents their collapse • how predation can result in complex interactions in natural communities Introduction Predation is used here to include all “+/-” interactions in which one organism consumes all or part of another. […]
(par 3. 7.1) Role of predation
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Predation Predation Published: December 28, 2009, 3:50 pm Lead Author: Mark McGinley Contributing Author: J. Emmett Duffy This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Judith S. Weis Introduction Ladybird beetle preying on an aphid. (Source: Photo by Graham Shepard, Rothamsted Research) Predation is an interaction between species in which one species uses […]
(par 3. 7.1) Predation – from Animal and Plant Adaptations and Behaviours
Feeding habits Feeding habits describe the dominant diet of a particular species or group of species, and how they go about obtaining it. Carnivorous Carnivores are animals whose main method of getting food is to kill and eat other animals, or to scavenge their dead flesh. Typically, the word brings to mind the large predators […]