Resource use and partitioning by two co-occurring freshwater gastropod species

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-251

  Lombardo, Paola ^a,b   Cooke, G Dennis ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gastropods; Helisoma trivolvis; Herbivory; Overlap; Physa spp.; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; HELISOMA; HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS; PHYSA; PHYSIDAE; PLANORBIDAE;

EID: 1842485971     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0159-0229     Document Type: Article

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