Unidirectional prey-predator facilitation: apparent prey enhance predators' foraging success on cryptic prey.

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Yixin Zhang,John S Richardson,Yixin Zhang,John S Richardson,

Food availability can strongly affect predator-prey dynamics. When change in habitat condition reduces the availability of one prey type, predators often search for other prey, perhaps in a different habitat. Interactions between behavioural and morphological traits of different prey may influence foraging success of visual predators through trait-mediated indirect interactions (TMIIs), such as prey activity and body coloration. We tested the hypothesis that foraging success of stream-dwelling cutthroat trout (Onchorhyncus clarki) on cryptically coloured, less-active benthic prey (larval mayfly; Paraleptophebia sp.) can be enhanced by the presence of distinctly coloured, active prey (larval stonefly shredder; Despaxia augusta). Cutthroat trout preyed on benthic insects when drifting invertebrates were unavailable. When stonefly larvae were present, the trout ate most of the stoneflies and also consumed a higher proportion of mayflies than under mayfly only treatment. The putative mechanism is that active stonefly larvae supplied visual cues to the predator that alerted trout to the mayfly larvae. Foraging success of visual predators on cryptic prey can be enhanced by distinctly coloured, active benthic taxa through unidirectional facilitation to the predators, which is a functional change of interspecific interaction caused by a third species. This study suggests that prey-predator facilitation through TMIIs can modify species interactions, affecting community dynamics.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Biology letters

VOLUME: 3

Page Numbers: 348-51

Journal Abbreviation: Biol. Lett.

ISSN: 1744-9561

DAY: 22

MONTH: Jun

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA. yz11@txstate.edu

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