Giant water bug (Belostoma sp.) predation on a cave fish (Poecilia mexicana): Effects of female body size and gestational state

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-144

  Plath, Martin ^a   Riesch, Rüdiger ^b   Culumber, Zach ^c   Streit, Bruno ^a   Tobler, Michael ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic surface respiration; Cave fish; Life history evolution; Poeciliidae; Size selective predation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; BELOSTOMA; BELOSTOMATIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HEMIPTERA; POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79960505268     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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