Direct and indirect effects of multiple enemies on water strider mating dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-188

  Sih, Andrew ^a   Krupa, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect effects; Mating dynamics; Predation risk; Species interactions; Streams

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; GERRIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

FATHEAD MINNOW; GREEN SUNFISH; MATING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATION RISK; WATER STRIDER;

EID: 0029666830     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328544     Document Type: Article

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