Benefits and costs of Leptophlebia (Ephemeroptera) mayfly movements between river channels and floodplain wetlands

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 714-723

  Galatowitsch, Mark L ^a,b   Batzer, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; MAYFLY; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; LEPTOPHLEBIA; SIPHLONURUS;

EID: 79961156524     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-044     Document Type: Article

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