Predation by Enallagma nymphs (Odonata, Zygoptera) under different conditions of spatial heterogeneity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Lombardo, Paola ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enallagma; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Plant anatomy; Predation; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE HABITAT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

CERATOPHYLLACEAE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; ENALLAGMA; ODONATA; POTAMOGENTON ILLINOENSIS; POTAMOGETONACEAE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0031563574     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003038717605     Document Type: Article

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