Survival during adverse seasons reveals size-dependent competitive ability in a deposit-feeding amphipod, Monoporeia affinis

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 164-170

  Aljetlawi, Albashir A ^a   Leonardsson, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEPOSIT FEEDER; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037568498     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12183.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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