Trade-off between competitive ability and antipredator adaptation in a freshwater amphipod species complex

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Wellborn, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Adaptation; Amphipod; Body size; Competition; Competitive ability vs. antipredator adaptation; Fecundity; Foraging rate; Hyalella azteca; Physella virgata; Predation; Snail; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; GASTROPODA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; PHYSELLA VIRGATA;

EID: 0036143511     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0129:TOBCAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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