A nematomorph parasite explains variation in terrestrial subsidies to trout streams in Japan

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1595-1599

  Sato, Takuya ^a   Watanabe, Katsutoshi ^c   Tokuchi, Naoko ^b   Kamauchi, Hiromitsu ^b   Harada, Yasushi ^d   Lafferty, Kevin D ^e  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRICKET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENERGY FLOW; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INGESTION RATE; NEMATODE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PREY AVAILABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONID; STOMACH CONTENT; STREAM;

JAPAN;

CEUTHOPHILUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; NEMATOMORPHA; ORTHOPTERA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80053051585     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19121.x     Document Type: Article

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