Spatial variation in caddisfly grazing regimes within a Northern California watershed

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2609-2619

  McNeely, Camille ^a,b,c   Power, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelo coast range reserve, California, USA; Armored grazer; Caddisfly; Landscape; Phenology; Threshold; Trophic level; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOMASS; CADDISFLY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAZING; PHENOLOGY; PUPATION; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; GLOSSOSOMA; TRICHOPTERA;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848823264     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0796.1     Document Type: Article

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