Trait-mediated effects of predation across life-history stages in container mosquitoes

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-615

  Costanzo, Katie S ^a   Muturi, Ephantus J ^b   Alto, Barry W ^c  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chemical cues; Life history traits; Predation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; EMERGENCE; FITNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOSQUITO; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; TRADE-OFF;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORETHRELLA APPENDICULATA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 80052838372     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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