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Trait-mediated Effects

Trait-Mediated Effects is a type of indirect interaction in trophic cascades wherein the influence of a predator on lower trophic levels occurs through changes in prey traits—such as behavior, morphology, or physiology—rather than through direct consumption.

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TmiiTrait-mediated Indirect Interactions

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SCARED TO DEATH? THE EFFECTS OF INTIMIDATION AND CONSUMPTION IN PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

Evan L. Preisser, Daniel I. Bolnick, Michael F. Benard · Ecology · 2005 · 1.8K citations

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PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND INTERACTIONS AMONG PLANTS

Ragan M. Callaway, Steven C. Pennings, Christina L. Richards · Ecology · 2003 · 753 citations

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Personality and Civic Engagement: An Integrative Framework for the Study of Trait Effects on Political Behavior

Jeffery J. Mondak, Matthew V. Hibbing, Damarys Canache et al. · American Political Science Review · 2010 · 671 citations

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Implications of Dynamically Variable Traits for Identifying, Classifying, and Measuring Direct and Indirect Effects in Ecological Communities

Peter A. Abrams · The American Naturalist · 1995 · 527 citations

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The contribution of trait-mediated indirect effects to the net effects of a predator

Scott D. Peacor, Earl E. Werner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 469 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. OJ
    Oswald J. Schmitz

    Yale University, United States

    5 publications · 893 citations

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  2. SM
    Stacy M. Philpott

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  3. SD
    Scott D. Peacor

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 740 citations

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  4. GC
    Geoffrey C. Trussell

    Northeastern University, United States

    3 publications · 196 citations

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  5. EE
    Earl E. Werner

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 643 citations

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Institutions

261

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    14 h-index

    21 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    6K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    825 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    367 citations

  5. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    195 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    270 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    424 citations

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  1. Ecology

    23 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. Oecologia

    8 publications · 445 citations

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  3. Journal of Ecology

    5 publications · 599 citations

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  4. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 5 publications · 140 citations

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  5. Biology Letters

    4 publications · 213 citations

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