Prey to predator size ratio influences foraging efficiency of larval Aeshna juncea dragonflies

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-415

  Hirvonen, Heikki ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Handling time; Predation; Prey density; Size ratio

Indexed keywords

AESHNA JUNCEA; AESHNIDAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ODONATA;

DRAGONFLY; PREY-SIZE SELECTION;

EID: 0029661190     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334569     Document Type: Article

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