PhysOrg Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Predators kill prey and prey attempt to avoid being killed by predators; the former obviously reduces the number of prey but, according to a new study, fear (avoiding being killed) can itself halve the population size of prey in 5 years or less, by so impairing parental investment and care fewer than half as many young reach adulthood and those that do are permanently handicapped.View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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