Influence of prey availability and conspecifics on patch quality for a cannibalistic forager: Laboratory experiments with the wolf spider Schizocosa

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 474-482

  Wagner, James D ^a,b   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Density dependence; Emigration; Foraging behavior; Giving up time

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOCOSA; ARANEAE; COLLEMBOLA; LYCOSIDAE;

CANNIBALISM; PATCH QUALITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; WOLF SPIDER;

EID: 0030617456     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050107     Document Type: Article

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