Differential vulnerability of prey to an invading top predator: Integrating field surveys and laboratory experiments

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 732-744

  Woodward, Guy ^a,b   Hildrew, Alan G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dragonfly; Encounter rate; Food web; Foraging mode; Invasion; Predation; Prey vulnerability; Size refugia; Species traits; Stream insects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CORDULEGASTER; CORDULEGASTER BOLTONII; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 0036893988     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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