Effects of zebra mussel attachment on the foraging behaviour of a larval dragonfly, Macromia illinoiensis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 760-767

  Fincke, Ola M ^a   Tylczak, Lesley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisoptera; Dreissena polymorpha; Hexagenia; Invasive species; Predation; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; DRAGONFLY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MAYFLY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA; MACROMIA ILLINOIENSIS;

EID: 81855211001     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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