A test of the preference-performance hypothesis with stream insects: Selective oviposition affects the hatching success of caddisfly eggs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2287-2298

  Bovill, William D ^a   Downes, Barbara J ^a   Lancaster, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex life cycles; Ecohydraulics; Hydrobiosidae; Recruitment; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

APSILOCHOREMA; HEXAPODA; HYDROBIOSIDAE; TRICHOPTERA; ULMEROCHOREMA;

EID: 84884986374     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12209     Document Type: Article

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