▪ Abstract Animal species have evolved different diel activity rhythms that are of adaptive
value. Theory suggests that diel temporal partitioning may facilitate coexistence between …

My objective here is to provide a comprehensive review of recent empirical and theoretical
work on antipredator decision making. The ways in which predators influence the behavioral …

Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a
textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference source for …

This concise, readable introduction to limnology (the science of investigating the structure
and function of inland waters), places the subject in the context of modern ecology. Unlike …

Measurements of the efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels are consistent with
the hypothesis that it is trophic structure that controls the fraction of energy consumed at …

In Alien Species and Evolution, biologist George W. Cox reviews and synthesizes emerging
information on the evolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbial …

Insects sustain key ecosystem functions, but how their activity varies across the day–night
cycle and the underlying drivers are poorly understood. Although entomologists generally …

Prochilodus mariae (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) is a detritivorous fish distributed
throughout the Orinoco river basin of South America. Spectacular migrations of these fishes …

1. Much attention has been devoted to explaining the spatial distribution of foraging animals,
but rather little to their temporal distribution (ie whether they are diurnal, nocturnal or …

Invertebrate drift, the downstream transport of aquatic invertebrates, is a fundamental
ecological process in streams with important management implications for drift-feeding …