Habitat selection in a large orb-weaving spider: Vegetational complexity determines site selection and distribution

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-432

  Mcnett, Bonnie Jean ^a   Rypstra, Ann Lundie ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argiope trifasciata; Distributional limitations; Foraging decisions; Habitat selection; Habitat structure; Orb web spiders; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OLD FIELD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE TRIFASCIATA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033673769     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00279.x     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Vegetational diversity and arthropod population response
2. The ecological distribution of spiders in nonforest maritime communities at Beaufort, North Carolina
3. Web orientation in the spider Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer) (Araneae: Araneidae)
4. The influence of prey availability and habitat on activity patterns and abundance of Argiope keyserlingi (Araneae: Araneidae)
5. Habitat structure and animal movement: The behaviour of bumble bees in uniform and random spatial resource distributions
6. Top-down effects in soybean agroecosystems: Spider density affects herbivore damage
7. Animal movement in heterogeneous landscapes: An experiment with Elodes beetles in shortgrass prairie
8. Distribution and abundance of small insects and arachnids in relation to structural heterogeneity of grazed, indigenous grasslands
9. Change in web site in Argiope spiders
10. Effects of prey capture, web destruction, and habitat physiognomy on web-site tenacity of Argiope spiders (Araneidae)
11. Web site selection by orb-web spiders, particularly Argiope aurantia Lucas
12. Determinants of web spider species diversity: Vegetation structural diversity vs. prey availability
13. Habitat structure and prey availability as predictors of the abundance and community organization of spiders in western Oregon forest canopies
14. Habitat diversity and the species-area relationship: Alternative Models and tests
15. Habitat structure and predator-prey interactions in vegetated aquatic systems
16. The effect of habitat structure on web height preferences of three sympatric web-building spiders (Araneae; Linyphiidae)
17. Factors influencing web site residence of the orb weaving spider, Micrathena gracilis
18. The experimental analysis of competition between two syntopic species of orb-web spiders (Araneae; Araneidae)
19. Genetic variation for habitat preference: Evidence and explanations
20. Web-site selection: Are we asking the right questions?
21. Spiders of Connecticut
22. The spider genera Gea and Argiope in America (Araneae: Araneidae)
23. The ecological succession of spiders of the Chicago area dunes
24. Web relocation and habitat selection in a desert widow spider
25. On bird species diversity
26. Mechanism of habitat selection in the silver garden spider (Argiope trifasciata)
27. Effects of prey supplementation on survival and web site tenacity of Argiope trifasciata (Araneae, Araneidae); a field experiment
28. Ecomorphological factors influencing prey use by two sympatric species of orb-web spiders, Argiope aurantia and Argiope trifasciata (Araneidae)
29. What determines the local distributions of the two orb-web spider species? Inferences from the field experiment
30. Optimal phenology and body-size of orb-weaving spiders: Foraging constraints
31. Behavioral responses of a sit-and-wait predator to spatial variation in foraging gain
32. Sources and sinks: Empirical evidence and population consequences
33. Prey control by an assemblage of generalist predators: Spiders in garden test systems
34. Spiders as biological control agents
35. Thermal balance and prey availability: Bases for a model relating web site characteristics to spider reproductive success
36. The effect of architectural variation in habitat on a spider community: An experimental field study
37. Web spiders in temperate and tropical forests: Relative abundance and environmental correlates
38. Architectural features of agricultural habitats and their impact on the spider inhabitants
39. Thermal stress of the orb weaving spider Argiope trifasciata (Araneae)
40. Habitat structure and spider foraging
41. Growth, foraging and reproductive success
42. Habitat selection and the life history of a desert spider. Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae)
43. An experimental test of the effects of predator risk on habitat use in fish