Predator-Prey System Structure in Patchy and Ephemeral Phytotelmata: Aquatic Communities in Small Aroid Axils

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Mogi, M ^a   Sembel, D T ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aquatic community; Distribution; Mosquito; Predator prey system; Probabilistic refuges; Taro axil

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0002790126     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02514975     Document Type: Article

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