Induced morphological defenses in the wild: Predator effects on a mayfly, Drunella coloradensis

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1620-1634

  Dahl, Jonas ^a,b,c,d   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Development; Drunella coloradensis; Fecundity costs of induced morphological defenses; Inducible defenses; Mayflies; Morphological defenses; Predationstreams; Trout

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; INDUCED RESPONSE; MAYFLY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

DRUNELLA; DRUNELLA COLORADENSIS; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; FONTINALIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0038682141     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1620:IMDITW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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