Flash floods and aquatic insect life-history evolution: Evaluation of multiple models

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 370-385

  Lytle, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion; Body size; Chihuahuan Desert (USA) stream insects; Disturbance; Flash flooding; Life history evolution; Maximum likelihood; Model evaluation; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylloicus aeneus; State dependent strategy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FLASH FLOOD; LIFE HISTORY; TRADE-OFF;

ARIZONA; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

CALAMOCERATIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHYLLOICUS; PHYLLOICUS AENEUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0036159907     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0370:FFAAIL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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