Leaves and litterbugs: How litter quality affects amphipod life-history and sexually selected traits

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 812-819

  Cothran, Rickey D ^a,b   Stoler, Aaron B ^a,c   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allochthonous input; ecological stoichiometry; Hyalella; phenotypic plasticity; resource quality; resource subsidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906666955     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677214     Document Type: Article

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