Trophic positions of omnivores are not always flexible: Evidence from four species of freshwater crayfish

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Johnston, Kerrylyn ^a,b   Robson, Belinda J ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax destructor; Coexistence; Euastacus bispinosus; Geocharax falcata; Gramastacus insolitus

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; LITERATURE REVIEW; OMNIVORY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; EUASTACUS BISPINOSUS; GEOCHARAX FALCATA; GRAMASTACUS INSOLITUS; INVERTEBRATA; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 79955412441     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02147.x     Document Type: Article

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