Technique and observer presence affect reporting of behavior of damselfly larvae

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Baker, Robert L ^a   McGuffin, Merrylee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Observer effect; Predator avoidance; Video recording

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIOR; FLY; LARVA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDATOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

HEXAPODA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33847637072     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[145:TAOPAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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