Vertebrate predation does not limit density of a common forest-floor wolf spider: Evidence from a field experiment

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Wise, David H ^a   Chen, Benrong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ARANEAE; AVES; CANIS; LYCOSIDAE; MAMMALIA; SCHIZOCOSA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032976617     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546715     Document Type: Article

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