Changes in feeding behaviour of the larvae of the damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum in response to stimuli from predators

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Koperski, Paweł ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diel periodicity; diet; feeding behaviour; fish; Heteroptera; kairomone; mechanoreception; Odonata; predation; visua l stimuli

Indexed keywords

ENALLAGMA CYATHIGERUM; COENAGRIONIDAE; HETEROPTERA; NEPIDAE; NOTONECTIDAE; ODONATA; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

CHEMICAL CUE; DAMSELFLY; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; KAIROMONE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0030618238     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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