Trophic behavior of two perlidae species (Insecta, Plecoptera) in a river in southern Spain

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Bo, Tiziano ^a   Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   López Rodríguez, Manuel Jesús ^b   Tierno De Figueroa, José Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; RIVERS;

DIET; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; RIVER; STONEFLY; TROPHIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DINOCRAS CEPHALOTES; INSECTA; PERLA BIPUNCTATA; PERLIDAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 54549083183     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200711034     Document Type: Article

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