The ecology of fear is a conceptual framework in ecology that describes the effects of predator-induced stress on prey animals, populations, and ecosystems. The effect of predators has often been studied in terms of the prey animals they kill, but research on the ecology of fear examines non-lethal effects, including changes in prey behaviour, physiology, reproduction, survival, and population size.
The ecology of fear is a conceptual framework in ecology that describes the effects of predator-induced stress on prey animals, populations, and ecosystems. The effect of predators has often been studied in terms of the prey animals they kill, but research on the ecology of fear examines non-lethal effects, including changes in prey behaviour, physiology, reproduction, survival, and population size.
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