Predation among sphaeridium larvae: The role of starvation and size differences (coleoptera hydrophilidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-251

  Sowig, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Diptera; Dung; Hydrophilidae; Intraguild predation; Musca autumnalis; Sphaeridium

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; SIZE VARIATION; STARVATION;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HYDROPHILIDAE; MUSCA AUTUMNALIS; SPHAERIDIUM; SPHAERIDIUM LUNATUM; SPHAERIDIUM SCARABAEOIDES;

EID: 0030689738     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522884     Document Type: Article

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