Allochthonous aquatic insects increase predation and decrease herbivory in river shore food webs

Oikos

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 429-438

  Henschel, Joh R ^a   Mahsberg, Dieter ^b   Stumpf, Helmut ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; HERBIVORY; SHORELINE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 0034941590     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930308.x     Document Type: Article

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