Predation and facilitation determine chironomid emergence in a bromeliad-insect food web

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Starzomski, Brian M ^a,b   Suen, Daryl ^a   Srivastava, Diane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromeliad; Chironomid; Mecistogaster modesta; Phytotelmata; Processing chain

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DETRITIVORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FLY; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; MECISTOGASTER MODESTA; SCIRTIDAE; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 74249099000     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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