Spatial and Temporal Trade-Offs by Bluegills in Floodplain River Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-563

  Rypel, Andrew L ^a,b   Pounds, Keke M ^a,c   Findlay, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit; fitness; flood pulse; food availability; habitat selection; morphology; predation; resource use

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERCID; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 84860650836     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9528-0     Document Type: Article

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