Nutrient composition of the prey's diet affects growth and survivorship of a generalist predator

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-213

  Mayntz, David ^a   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food chain; Lycosidae; Nutritional ecology; Tritrophic effect

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; NUTRITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0035027235     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000591     Document Type: Article

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