Life histories and the strengths of species interactions: Combining mortality, growth, and fecundity effects

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 867-879

  McPeek, Mark A ^a   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^b,c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damselflies; Demographic model; Engallagma; Interaction strength; Ischnura; Life history; Mayflies; Population growth; Predator impacts; Size at metamorphosis; Species interactions; Timing of emergence

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BAETIDAE; BAETIS; BAETIS BICAUDATUS; COENAGRIONIDAE; ENALLAGMA; ENALLAGMA BOREALE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISCHNURA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; SALMONIDAE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0031857158     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0867:LHATSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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