Predator-prey interactions in size-structured fish communities: Implications of prey growth

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 757-763

  Olson, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrarchids; Growth; Predation; Prey size; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BLUEGILL; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH COMMUNITY; GROWTH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

USA, WISCONSIN;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0030303210     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329052     Document Type: Article

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