Predators as Agents of Selection and Diversification

Dear Colleagues,

Predators are important agents of selection in most natural systems. Our goals for this collection of papers are: 1) to explore the variety of traits, in both predator and prey, that result from predator/prey interactions, including coevolved suites of traits; 2) to explore how selection via predation acts through both direct and indirect effects of predators; and 3) to explore the linkages between selection from predation and diversity at multiple scales. We invite papers that address any of these areas either in review, or as empirical case studies. Papers that present a strictly ecological analysis of predation would not fit within this scope.

Dr. Mark C. Belk
Dr. Jerald B. Johnson
Guest Editors

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