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Prey Release

Prey Release is an ecological phenomenon in which a prey species experiences a significant increase in population abundance or spatial expansion due to the removal or decline of its dominant predator.

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15.6K

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885

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319

Ashmole's halo: direct evidence for prey depletion by a seabird

VL Birt, TP Birt, Daniel Goulet et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1987 · 335 citations · Full text

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The Function of Eyespot Patterns in the Lepidoptera

A. D. Blest · Behaviour · 1957 · 321 citations

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Visual Releasers of Prey-Catching Behavior in Frogs and Toads

David Ingle · Brain Behavior and Evolution · 2008 · 308 citations

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Spatial heterogeneity of mesopredator release within an oceanic island system

Matt J. Rayner, Márk E. Hauber, Michael J. Imber et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 300 citations · Full text

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Function and Phylogeny of Spider Webs

William G. Eberhard · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1990 · 273 citations

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Authors

885

  1. PC
    Peter C. Wainwright

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 291 citations

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  2. EH
    Egon Heiss

    University of Vienna, Austria

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  3. UB
    Ulrike Bauer

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 222 citations

    3

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  4. AP
    Alain Pasquet

    Université de Lorraine, France

    3 publications · 122 citations

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  5. KV
    Kenneth V. Kardong

    Washington State University, United States

    3 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

416

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    653 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    343 citations

  6. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    486 citations

  7. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

    Edgewater, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    815 citations

  8. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    277 citations

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  1. Oecologia

    11 publications · 891 citations

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  3. Marine Biology

    8 publications · 526 citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    7 publications · 409 citations

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  5. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    6 publications · 388 citations

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