Early life-history predator-prey reversal in two cyprinid fishes

Abstract Predator-prey relationships are often perceived simply as a situation in which a predator enhances its own fitness while reducing the fitness of its prey. However, this relationship may become reversed when the prey feeds on the juvenile predator stages. We investigated this phenomenon in a...

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Main Authors: Marek Šmejkal, Roman Baran, Petr Blabolil, Lukáš Vejřík, Marie Prchalová, Daniel Bartoň, Tomáš Mrkvička, Jan Kubečka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07339-w