Competition and coexistence of larval ant lions

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1761-1773

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant lion; Cannibalism; Coexistence; Competition; Food and space limitation; Insect; Intraguild predation; Larvae; Life history; Predation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MYRMELEON CRUDELIS; MYRMELEON IMMACULATUS; MYRMELEONTIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; NEUROPTERA;

ANT LION; CANNIBALISM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; INSECT LARVA;

USA, OKLAHOMA;

EID: 0030613578     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1761:CACOLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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