Opportunistic foraging by heteropteran mosquito predators

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Saha, Nabaneeta ^a   Aditya, Gautam ^a,b   Saha, Goutam K ^a   Hampton, Stephanie E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisops sp; Chironomid larvae; Diplonychus sp.; Manly's index; Mosquito larvae; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LARVA; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREY SELECTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANISOPS; ANISOPS BOUVIERI; BELOSTOMATIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPLONYCHUS; DIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 77049109904     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9250-y     Document Type: Article

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