(community) consequences when altering predation rates (Gardmark,
Dieckmann & Lundberg, 2003 ). On the other hand, the importance of life-history
trade-offs in determining community structure is illustrated, albeit in a terres-
trial system, by the way continuously varying life histories and trade-offs can
allow multiple competitors to coexist (Bonsall, Jansen & Hassell, 2004 ), suggest-
ing that such trade-offs may be fundamental to understanding the structure of
ecological communities.Acknowledgements
DA’s research is supported by NERC and EU Framework 6 funding; AGH is
supported as part of the BAS DISCOVERY 2010 Programme. We thank two
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