Feeding habits and trophic niche overlap of aquatic Orthoptera associated with macrophytes

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Capello, Soledad ^a   Marchese, Mercedes ^a,b   de Wysiecki, María L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet; Herbivores; Orthoptera; Paran river; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONOCEPHALUS; CORNOPS AQUATICUM; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCUDDERIA;

EID: 84855177743     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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