Priority effects in temporary pools: Nature and outcome of mosquito larva-toad tadpole interactions depend on order of entrance

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-84

  Blaustein, Leon ^a,b   Margalit, Joel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bufo viridis; Community organization; Culiseta longiareolata; Interphyletic competition; Intraguild predation; Priority effects; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

GREEN TOAD; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY EFFECT; TADPOLE; TEMPORARY POOL;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT;

BUFO VIRIDIS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA;

EID: 0029732826     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5701     Document Type: Article

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