Behavioral and ecophysiological responses of a generalist predator to single- and mixed-species diets of different quality

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-207

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Araneae; Foraging behavior; Generalist predator; Nutrition; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FITNESS; FOOD QUALITY; GENERALIST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREY SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 0032908488     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050777     Document Type: Article

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