The significance of ratios of detritus types and micro-organism productivity to competitive interactions between aquatic insect detritivores

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1105-1115

  Yee, Donald A ^a,b   Kaufman, Michael G ^c   Juliano, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic microcosms; Bacteria; Density effects; Mosquito; Population growth

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; MOSQUITO; PATH ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 35148852608     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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