Tritrophic interactions in a pollination system: Impacts of species composition and size of flower patches on the hunting success of a flower-dwelling spider

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 292-303

  Schmalhofer, Victoria R ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab spiders; Direct and indirect effects; Patch size; Pollinators; Predation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOWER; INSECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; POLLINATION; SPIDER; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0034772214     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100726     Document Type: Article

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