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predator pit: a standalone construct

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Fisheries science

a low-density range in which predation holds a prey population down, creating a trap that the population escapes only with a large disturbance.

In fisheries science, predator pit refers to a low-density range in which predation holds a prey population down, creating a trap that the population escapes only with a large disturbance. This meaning comes from Bakun (2006) in Progress in Oceanography.[1]

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References

Bakun, A. (2006). Wasp-waist populations and marine ecosystem dynamics: Navigating the “predator pit” topographies. Progress in Oceanography, 68(2-4), 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.02.004

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