Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2102-2116

  Wissinger, Scott A ^a,c   Whiteman, Howard H ^b,c   Sparks, Grace B ^a,c,d   Rouse, Gretchen L ^a,c,e   Brown, Wendy S ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Murray Stare University   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Asynarchus; Caddisfly; Coexistence, predator mediated, Colorado; Indirect effects; Keystone predator; Limnephilus; Pond hydroperiod; Predation, intraguild; Salamander; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ASYNARCHUS; ASYNARCHUS NIGRICULUS; BOS TAURUS; CAUDATA; LIMNEPHILIDAE; LIMNEPHILUS; LIMNEPHILUS EXTERNUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032845567     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2102:FTOAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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