The arrangement of resources in patchy landscapes: Effects on distribution, survival, and resource acquisition of chironomids

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-224

  Silver, Pamela ^a   Cooper, J Kevin ^a   Palmer, Margaret A ^b   Davis, Edward J ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomus riparius; Density dependence; Landscape ecology; Life history; Resource patch arrangement

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; LARVA DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; RESOURCE ARRANGEMENT; SPECIES COMPETITION; SURVIVAL;

PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0033896155     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050009     Document Type: Article

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