Effects of top predator species on direct and indirect interactions in a food web

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2072-2081

  Schmitz, O J ^a   Suttle, K B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Density mediated indirect effects; Direct and indirect effects; Food webs; Grasshopper herbivores; Hunting spiders; Old field interaction webs; Predation and predation risk; Top down effects of predators; Trait mediated indirect effects; Trophic interactions and cascading effects

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; GRASSHOPPER; HUNTING; PREDATOR; SPIDER; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0034925162     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2072:EOTPSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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