Chemical cues modify species interactions: The ecological consequences of predator avoidance by freshwater snails

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 148-158

  Turner, Andrew M ^a   Bernot, Randall J ^a,b   Boes, Christina M ^a  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL;

ASTACOIDEA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; PHYSELLA; PHYSELLA GYRINA;

EID: 0034058347     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880117.x     Document Type: Article

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