Timing of Hexagenia (Ephemeridae: Ephemeroptera) mayfly swarms

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1616-1622

  Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Ciborowski, Jan J H ^a   Dolan, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LAND-WATER INTERFACE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MAYFLY SWARMS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MATING SUCCESS; MAYFLY; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33947260993     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-169     Document Type: Article

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