Extrapolating from individual behavior to populations and communities in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-390

  Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,c   Cooper, Scott D ^b   McIntosh, Angus R ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Communities; Competition; Disturbance; Fish; Fitness; Mayflies; Populations; Predator prey interactions; Scale; Stoneflies; Streams

Indexed keywords

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 0030969076     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468025     Document Type: Article

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