Influence of fire salamander larvae on among-pool distribution of mosquito egg rafts: Oviposition habitat selection or egg raft predation?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 723, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-165

  Blaustein, Jonathan ^a   Sadeh, Asaf ^a   Blaustein, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Culiseta longiareolata; Egg predation; Oviposition site selection; Risk of predation; Salamandra infraimmaculata

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOSQUITO; MOUNTAIN REGION; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AMPHIBIA; CULISETA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA INFRAIMMACULATA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84888849776     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1554-1     Document Type: Article

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