Growth, development, and survival of a generalist predator fed single- and mixed-species diets of different quality

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-197

  Toft, Søren ^a,b   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Araneae; Fitness; Generalist predator; Nutrition; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; GROWTH; PREDATOR; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

ARANEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA; TOMOCERUS BIDENTATUS;

EID: 0032908234     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050776     Document Type: Article

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