Effects of predation risk on population variation in adult size in a stream-dwelling isopod

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Sparkes, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator life history strategy; Isopod; Salamander larvae; Sculpin; Size dependent mortality risk

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; COTTUS CAROLINAE; LIRCEUS FONTINALIS;

BANDED SCULPIN; BODY SIZE; ISOPOD; PREDATION RISK; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0029668384     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334410     Document Type: Article

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