Predation-mediated mortality of early life stages: A field experiment with nymphs of an herbivorous stick insect (Metriophasma diocles)

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 424-428

  Berger, Jürgen R ^a   Wirth, Rainer ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early life stages; Hemimetabolous insects; Nocturnal predation; Panam ; Phasmatodea; Top down; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL VARIATION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METRIOPHASMA DIOCLES; PHASMATIDAE; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 4444267131     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00337.x     Document Type: Article

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