Contrasting diel activity and feeding patterns of four species of carnivorous stoneflies

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Elliott, J M ^a  

^a FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinocras cephalotes; Isoperla grammatica; Perla bipunctata; Perlodes microcephalus; Plecoptera

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVA; STONEFLY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DINOCRAS CEPHALOTES; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; ISOPERLA GRAMMATICA; PERLA BIPUNCTATA; PERLIDAE; PERLODES MICROCEPHALUS; PLECOPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0034004445     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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