Mechanisms and consequences of intra- and interspecific interference competition in Idotea baltica (Pallas) and Idotea emarginata (Fabricius) (Crustacea: Isopoda): A laboratory study of possible proximate causes of habitat segregation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Franke, Heinz Dieter ^a   Janke, Michael ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; HABITAT SEGREGATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ALGA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN;

IDOTEA BALTICA; IDOTEA EMARGINATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0032171205     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00253-0     Document Type: Article

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