Spatial and temporal abundance, substrate partitioning and species co-occurrence in a guild of neotropical blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 345, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Grillet, Maria Eugenia ^a   Barrera, Roberto ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blackfly larvae spatial microdistribution; Community structure; Habitat factors; Seasonal dynamics; Substrate partitioning

Indexed keywords

BLACKFLY LARVA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

VENEZUELA;

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM HORACIOI; SIMULIUM METALLICUM; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM; SIMULIUM PAYNEI; SIMULIUM SP.;

EID: 0030741452     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002901612957     Document Type: Article

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