The linkage between riparian predators and aquatic insects across a stream-resource spectrum

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 330-346

  Burdon, Francis J ^a,b   Harding, Jon S ^b  

^a EOS Ecology   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic terrestrial interactions; Arachnids; Benthic invertebrates; Spatial subsidies; Stream ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 38149126244     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01897.x     Document Type: Article

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