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predation pressure

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on predation pressure with 15 nodes and 43 connections. Top connected: mark-recapture (Sciuridae), focal animal sampling (Sciuridae), winter survival, early-life trade-offs, frequency-dependent selection.

Definition

Selection pressure imposed by predators that may favor optimal body sizes for escape ability

Publications (1)

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Bigger is not always better: Viability selection on body mass varies across life stages in a hibernating mammal

2021Ecology and Evolutiontested

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early-life trade-offs

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phenotypic selection

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balancing selection

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frequency-dependent selection

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winter survival

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viability selection

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