Competition, predation and microhabitat selection of zygoptera larvae in a lowland river

Odonatologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Hofmann, T A ^a   Mason, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; ERYTHROMMA NAJAS; ODONATA; PLATYCNEMIS PENNIPES; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 14844313641     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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