A trophic cascade in a diverse arthropod community caused by a generalist arthropod predator

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Moran, Matthew D ^a,c   Hurd, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod assemblage; Generalist predator; Interaction strength; Tenodera sinensis; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; GENERALIST PREDATOR; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARTHROPODA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA; POACEAE; TENODERA; TENODERA SINENSIS;

EID: 0031976182     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050360     Document Type: Article

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