Case selection by a limnephilid caddisfly [Potamophylax latipennis (Curtis)] in response to different predators

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-372

  Boyero, Luz ^a,b   Rincón, Pedro A ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Inducible defences; Predation risk; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CADDISFLY; CHEMICAL CUE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIMNEPHILIDAE; NAJAS; POTAMOPHYLAX; POTAMOPHYLAX LATIPENNIS; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALMO TRUTTA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 30744443231     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0059-y     Document Type: Article

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