Temperature-driven changes in the diet preference of omnivorous copepods: no more meat when it's hot? A response to Winder et al

Ecol Lett. 2016 Nov;19(11):1386-1388. doi: 10.1111/ele.12666. Epub 2016 Sep 9.

Abstract

The study of environmental impact on feeding preferences of omnivores is a rapidly growing field. Here, we show that the criticism put forward in a comment on our original study is largely unfounded.

Keywords: copepod; feeding ecology; temperature.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Climate Change
  • Copepoda / physiology*
  • Feeding Behavior / physiology*
  • Food Chain*
  • Food Preferences
  • Hot Temperature*