Do larval damselflies make adaptive choices when exposed to both parasites and predators?

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1073-1080

  Rutherford, Pamela L ^a,b   Baker, Robert L ^c   Forbes, Mark R ^b  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DAMSELFLY; FISH; LARVA; MITE; PARASITE; PREDATOR;

ACARI; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 35348981828     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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