Microhabitat segregation and cannibalism in an endangered freshwater isopod, Thermosphaeroma thermophilum

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-279

  Jormalainen, Veijo ^a,b   Shuster, Stephen M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Habitat choice; Habitat heterogeneity; Intraspecific predation

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; ENDANGERED ISOPOD; FRESHWATER ISOPOD; HABITAT SEGREGATION; MICROHABITAT;

USA, NEW MEXICO, SOCORRO;

ISOPODA; THERMOSPHAEROMA THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 0030795941     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050235     Document Type: Article

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