Food quality and feeding preferences of Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Rincón, José ^a   Martínez, Iliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Food preferences; Leaf chemical composition; Leaf litter processing; Phylloicus; Tropical stream; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM; ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; BIGNONIACEAE; CALAMOCERATIDAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HURA CREPITANS; MORACEAE; PHYLLOICUS; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA ROSEA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33645661718     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[209:FQAFPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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