Habitat distribution, dietary composition and life history characteristics of odonate nymphs in a blackwater coastal plain stream

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-89

  Burcher, Chris L ^a   Smock, Leonard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; LIFE HISTORY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AESHNIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BOYERIA; BOYERIA VINOSA; CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX MACULATA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORDULEGASTER; CORDULEGASTER MACULATA; CORDULEGASTRIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GOMPHIDAE; GOMPHUS CAVILLARIS; HAGENIUS BREVISTYLUS; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; PROGOMPHUS; PROGOMPHUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 0036658932     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0075:HDDCAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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