Critical threshold effects of benthiscape structure on stream herbivore movement

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1479, 2007, Pages 461-472

  Olden, Julian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Landscape anisotropy; Movement behaviour; Perceptual range; Stream invertebrates; Stream landscapes

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BENTHOS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; MOLLUSC; MOVEMENT; STREAM; STREAM BED; THRESHOLD;

AGAPETUS; AGAPETUS BOULDERENSIS; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYSA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; RIVERS; SNAILS;

EID: 34247104168     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1974     Document Type: Article

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