Effects of forest canopy on habitat selection in treefrogs and aquatic insects: Implications for communities and metacommunities

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 951-958

  Binckley, Christopher A ^a   Resetarits Jr , William J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Colonization; Dispersal; Oviposition; Productivity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; METAPOPULATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FROGS AND TOADS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYLA; TROPISTERNUS; TROPISTERNUS LATERALIS;

EID: 34548598212     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0780-5     Document Type: Article

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