Multifactor population limitation: Variable spatial and temporal control of spiders on Gulf of California islands

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 490-502

  Polis, Gary A ^a   Hurd, Stephen D ^a   Jackson, C Todd ^a   Sanchez Piñero, Francisco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Deserts; El Nino; Islands; Parasitoids; Population dynamics; Predation; Productivity; Spatial variability; Spiders; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPIDER;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARANEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYMENOPTERA; POMPILIDAE; SCORPIONES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031817736     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0490:MPLVSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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