Predicting functional response and size selectivity of juvenile Notonecta maculata foraging on Daphnia magna

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3331-3341

  Gergs, André ^a   Ratte, Hans Toni ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attack rate; Encounter; Handling time; Mechanistic model; Predator prey system; Size structured; Success rate; Video tracking

Indexed keywords

ATTACK RATE; ENCOUNTER; HANDLING TIME; MECHANISTIC MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM; SIZE STRUCTURED; SUCCESS RATE; VIDEO TRACKING;

ECOSYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTS;

CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENCOUNTER RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HANDLING TIME; INSECT; JUVENILE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; NOTONECTA; NOTONECTA MACULATA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 70350465320     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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