Predator-prey allometry across body size and interaction dimensionality

Abstract

Predator-prey interactions are an important evolutionary driver of species' form and diversity, and are a central driver of ecosystem structure. However, the context dependent nature of interactions between predators and prey represents an example of the difficulty of prediction at the centre of many ecological and evolutionary problems. For example, the outcome of predator-prey interactions depends on a myriad of factors such as environmental conditions: food web structures; population dynamics; and the specific current physiological and behavioural states of the individual species involved.