Indirect interactions in a rice ecosystem: Density dependence and the interplay between consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Yoshie, Haruko ^a   Yusa, Yoichi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple snail; Food chain; Non lethal effect; Paddy field; Pomacea canaliculata

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAUREMYS REEVESII; ORYZA SATIVA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650950130     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02497.x     Document Type: Article

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