Lasting effects of maternal behaviour on the distribution of a dispersive stream insect

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1061-1069

  Lancaster, Jill ^a,b   Downes, Barbara J ^c   Arnold, Amanda ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Baetis; Dispersal; Drift; Ephemerella; Ephemeroptera; Oviposition; Spatial ecology; Streams

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; LARVA; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MAYFLY; NEONATE; OVIPOSITION; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFFLE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; INSECT; LARVA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; LARVA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SCOTLAND;

BAETIDAE; BAETIS; BAETIS RHODANI; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMERELLA IGNITA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960846486     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01847.x     Document Type: Article

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