Visual and chemical cues from aquatic snails reduce chironomid oviposition

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Devereaux, Jacqueline S L ^a   Mokany, Allie ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; MESOCOSM; OVIPOSITION; SNAIL; SURVIVAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS OPPOSITUS; GASTROPODA; PHYSA ACUTA;

EID: 33646571893     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO05069     Document Type: Article

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