Coexistence of surface and cave amphipods in an ecotone environment

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-141

  Luštrik, Roman ^a   Turjak, Martin ^a   Kralj Fišer, Simona ^b   Fišer, Cene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Cannibalism; Competition; Ecotone; Microhabitat preference; Predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; NIPHARGUS;

EID: 79954999136     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08002003     Document Type: Article

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