Predators and life histories shape Lestes damselfly assemblages along a freshwater habitat gradient

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1576-1587

  Stoks, Robby ^a,b   McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community assembly; Damselfly; Environmental gradient; Hydroperiod; Indirect effects; Lestes; Life history; Local vs. regional species richness; Phenologic priority; Predation

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LESTES; LESTES EURINUS; LESTES VIGILAX; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0344153399     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1576:PALHSL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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