Interspecific competition and habitat selection by the riverine dragonfly Onychogomphus uncatus

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Suhling, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; DRAGONFLY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

CORDULEGASTER BOLTONII IMMACULIFRONS; GOMPHUS SIMILLIMUS; ODONATA; ONYCHOGOMPHUS FORCIPATUS UNGUICULATUS; ONYCHOGOMPHUS UNCATUS;

EID: 0029750271     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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