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electivity index

Scope: methodological
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on electivity index with 25 nodes and 74 connections. Top connected: phenotypic plasticity, interspecific competition, foraging ecology, trophic cascade, nonconsumptive effects.

Definition

A measure comparing the proportion of prey in predator diet to proportion in environment to detect selection or avoidance

Related Terms (2)

Ivlev's Electivity IndexIvlev's electivity

Publications (3)

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Methods in Stream Ecology

2006measured
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Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

1996Evolutionary Ecologymeasured
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Vascular Plants of the Gothic Area

1993measured

Related Concepts (9)

nonconsumptive effects

process3 shared papers

facultative paedomorphosis

process2 shared papers

juvenile growth rate

measurement2 shared papers

phenotypic plasticity

process2 shared papers

foraging ecology

framework2 shared papers

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

instantaneous mortality rate

metric1 shared paper

predation rate

measurement1 shared paper

interspecific competition

process1 shared paper