Reducing predation of orb-web spiders by controlling common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in a New Zealand beech forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-95

  Toft, Richard J ^a   Rees, Joanna S ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Eriophora pustulosa; Impacts; New Zealand; Nothofagus forest; Orb web spiders; Predation; Survival; Vespula vulgaris; Wasps

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; COMMON WASP; ORB-WEB SPIDER; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

ARANEAE; ERIOPHORA PUSTULOSA; HYMENOPTERA; NOTHOFAGUS; VESPIDAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031913988     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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