Density dependent shifts in attachment site by the ectosymbiotic chironomid Nanocladius asiaticus on its megalopteran host Protohermes grandis

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-261

  Hayashi, Fumio ^a   Ichiyanagi, Hidetaka ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commensalism; Host parasite relationship; Intraspecific competition; Phoresy; Plecopteracoluthus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; MEGALOPTERA; NANOCLADIUS; PROTOHERMES GRANDIS;

EID: 33845458814     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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