Competition and niche partitioning in a floodplain ecosystem: A cladoceran community squeezed between fish and invertebrate predation

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-164

  Lindholm, Markus ^a   Hessen, Dag Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anisops sardea; Cladocera; Interspecific competition; Niche partitioning; Tilapia rendalli

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIZE SELECTION;

ANISOPS; CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA RETICULATA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LAEVIS; INVERTEBRATA; NOTONECTIDAE; SCAPHOLEBERIS KINGI; TILAPIA; TILAPIA RENDALLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35748965574     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[158:CANPIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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