Bird predation as a sex- and size-selective agent of the arboreal spider Pityohyphantes phrygianus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 453-458

  Gunnarsson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian predation; Differential survival; Sex related mortality; Size dependent mortality; Tree living spiders

Indexed keywords

EXCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; PREDATION RISK; PREY SIZE; SEX BIAS; SPIDER;

EID: 0031858575     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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