Habitat structural complexity mediates the foraging success of multiple predator species

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Warfe, Danielle M ^a,b   Barmuta, Leon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Water Resources Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macrophyte structure; Multiple predators; Non additivity; Predator predator interactions

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROPHYTE; PERCIFORM; PREY CAPTURE; REFUGE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RIVER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; PERCIFORMES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS;

ELEOCHARIS; ISCHNURA; ISCHNURA HETEROSTICTA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; NANNOPERCA; NANNOPERCA AUSTRALIS; TRIGLOCHIN; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 4944221257     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1644-x     Document Type: Article

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