Predator defense along a permanence gradient: Roles of case structure, behavior, and developmental phenology in caddisflies

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-678

  Wissinger, Scott A ^a,b   Whissel, John C ^a   Eldermire, Charles ^a   Brown, Wendy S ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caddisfly cases; Community structure; Permanence gradient; Predator defense

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CADDISFLY; COEXISTENCE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HYDROPERIOD; PHENOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGRYPNIA DEFLATA; AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ASYNARCHUS NIGRICULUS; CAUDATA; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCUS DAURICUS; LIMNEPHILUS EXTERNUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33645102603     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0303-1     Document Type: Article

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