Factors influencing cannibalism in the wolf spider Pardosa agrestis (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-354

  Samu, Ferenc ^a   Toft, Søren ^b   Kiss, Balázs ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Cannibalism; Hunger; Size difference; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BODY CONDITION; CANNIBALISM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA AGRESTIS;

EID: 0032898509     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050570     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Agarwala BK, Dixon AFG (1992) Laboratory study of cannibalism and interspecific predation in ladybirds. Ecol Entomol 17:303-309
2. Anderson JF (1974) Responses to starvation in the spiders Lycosa lenta Hentz and Filista hibernalis (Hentz). Ecology 55:576-585
3. Anderson RS (1970) Predator-prey relationships and predation rates for crustacean zooplankters from some lakes in western Canada. Can J Zool 48:1229-1240
4. Arnquist G (1992) Courtship behaviour and sexual cannibalism in the semi-aquatic fishing spider, Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck) (Araneae: Pisauridae). J Arachnol 20:222-226
5. Aspey WP (1977a) Wolf spider sociobiology. I. Agonistic display and dominance-subordinance relations in adult male Schizocosa crassipes. Behaviour 62:103-141
6. Aspey WP (1977b) Wolf spider sociobiology. II. Density parameters influencing agonistic behavior in Schizocosa crassipes. Behaviour 62:142-163
7. Bilde T, Toft S (1998) Quantifying food limitation of arthropod predators in the field. Oecologia 115:54-58
8. Bristowe WS (1941) The comity of spiders. Ray Society, London
9. Crowley PH, Hopper KR (1994) How to behave around cannibals: a density dependent dynamic game. Am Nat 143:117-154
10. Crowley PH, Dillon PM, Johnson DM, Watson CN (1987) Intraspecific interference among larvae in a semivoltine dragonfly population. Oecologia 71:447-456
11. Dong Q, Polis GA (1992) The dynamics of cannibalistic populations: a foraging perspective. In: Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (eds) Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 13-37
12. Edgar WD (1970a) Prey and feeding behaviour of adult females of the wolf spider Pardosa amentata. Neth J Zool 20:487-491
13. Edgar WD (1970b) Prey of the wolf spider Lycosa lugubris (Walck.). Entomol Month Mag 106:71-73
14. Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (1992) Ecology and evolution of cannibalism. In: Elgar MA, Crespi BJ (eds) Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 1-12
15. Elgar MA, Nash DR (1988) Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus. Anim Behav 36:1511-1517
16. Fox LR (1975) Cannibalism in natural populations. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 6:87-106
17. Hallander H (1967) Range and movements of the wolf spiders Pardosa chelata O.F. Muller and P. pullata Clerck. Oikos 18:360-364
18. Hallander H (1970) Prey, cannibalsim and microhabitat selection in the wolf spiders Pardosa chelata O.F. Muller and P. pullata Clerck. Oikos 21:337-340
19. Higashi GA, Rovner JS (1975) Post-emergent behaviour of juvenile lycosid spiders. Bull Br Arachnol Soc 3:113-119
20. Hopper KR, Crowley PH, Kielman D (1996) Density dependence, hatching synchrony, and within-cohort cannibalism in young dragonfly larvae. Ecology 77:191-200
21. Nossek ME, Rovner JS (1984) Agonistic behavior in female wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae). J Arachnol 11:407-422
22. Nyffeler M, Benz G (1988) Feeding ecology and predatory importance of wolf spiders (Pardosa spp.) in winter wheat fields. J Appl Entomol 106:123-134
23. Pfennig DW, Reeve HK, Sherman PW (1993) Kin recognition and cannibalism in spadefoot toad tadpoles. Anim Behav 46:87-94
24. Pfennig DW, Ho SG, Hoffman EA (1998) Pathogen transmission as a selective force against cannibalism. Anim Behav 55:1255-1261
25. Polis GA (1981) The evolution and dynamics of intraspecific predation. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 12:225-251
26. Polis GA, Myers CA, Holt R (1989) The ecology and evolution of intraguild predation: potential competitors that eat each other. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 20:297-330
27. Prenter J, Elwood RW, Montgomery WI (1994) Male exploitation of female predatory behaviour reduces sexual cannibalism in male autumn spiders. Metellina segmentata. Anim Behav 47:235-236
28. Ross K, Smith RL (1979) Aspects of the courtship behaviour of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus (Araneae, Theridiidae) with the evidence for the existence of contact sex pheromone. J Arachnol 7:69-77
29. Rypstra AL (1983) The importance of food and space in limiting web-spider densities: a test using field enclosures. Oecologia 59:312-316
30. Samu F, Kiss B (1997) Mark-recapture study to establish population density of the dominant wolf spider in Hungarian agricultural fields. Bull Br Ecol Soc 28:265-269
31. Samu F, Sárospataki M (1995) Estimation of population sizes and home ranges of polyphagous predators in alfalfa using mark-recapture: an exploratory study. Acta Jutl 70:47-55
32. Samu F, Vörös G, Botos E (1996) Diversity and community structure of spiders of alfalfa fields and grassy field margins in south Hungary. Acta Phytopathol Entomol Hung 31:253-266
33. Samu F, Németh J, Kiss B (1997) Assessment of the efficiency of a hand-held suction device for sampling spiders: improved density estimation or oversampling? Ann Appl Biol 130:371-378
34. Samu F, Németh J, Tóth F, Szita E, Kiss B, Szinetár C (1998) Are two cohorts responsible for bimodal life history pattern in the wolf spider Pardosa agrestis in Hungary? In: Selden PA (ed) Proc 17th Eur Coll Arachnol. British Arachnological Society, Edinburgh, pp 215-221
35. Toft S (1995) Value of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi as food for cereal spiders. J Appl Ecol 32:552-560
36. Toth F, Kiss J (1997) Occurrence of Pardosa (Araneae, Lycosidae) species in winter wheat and in the field margin. Proc 16th Eur Coll Arachnol. Siedlce, pp 309-315
37. Vogel BR (1971) Individual interactions of Pardosa. Armadillo Pap 5:1-12
38. Wagner JD (1995) Egg sac inhibits filial cannibalism in the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata. Anim Behav 50:555-557
39. Wagner JD, Wise DH (1996) Cannibalism regulates densities of young wolf spiders: evidence from field and laboratory experiemnts. Ecology 77:639-652
40. Wise DH (1993) Spiders in ecological webs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
41. Wise DH, Wagner JD (1992) Evidence of exploitative competition among young stages of the wolf spider Schizocosa ocreata. Oecologia 91:7-13
42. Zulka KP, Milasowszky N, Lethmayer C (1997) Spider biodiversity potential of an ungrazed and grazed inland salt meadow in the National Park 'Neusiedler See-Seewinkel' (Austria): implications for management (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodiv Conserv 6:75-88