Strategies within predator-prey interactions – from individuals to ecosystems

Dissertation, Universität Potsdam, 2019

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1. Verfasser: Raatz, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: Universität Potsdam (Grad-verleihende Institution)
Weitere Verfasser: Wacker, Alexander (AkademischeR BetreuerIn), Gaedke, Ursula (AkademischeR BetreuerIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Potsdam November 2018
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Zusammenfassung:Dissertation, Universität Potsdam, 2019
Predator-prey interactions provide central links in food webs. These interaction are directly or indirectly impacted by a number of factors. These factors range from physiological characteristics of individual organisms, over specifics of their interaction to impacts of the environment. They may generate the potential for the application of different strategies by predators and prey. Within this thesis, I modelled predator-prey interactions and investigated a broad range of different factors driving the application of certain strategies, that affect the individuals or their populations. In doing so, I focused on phytoplankton-zooplankton systems as established model systems of predator-prey interactions. At the level of predator physiology I proposed, and partly confirmed, adaptations to fluctuating availability of co-limiting nutrients as beneficial strategies. These may allow to store ingested nutrients or to regulate the effort put into nutrient assimilation. We found that these two strategies are beneficial at different ...
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