Ontogenetic shifts in competitive interactions and intra-guild predation between two wolf spider species

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Balfour, Robert A ^e   Buddle, Christopher M ^b   Rypstra, Ann L ^a   Walker, Sean E ^c   Marshall, Samuel D ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Density effects; Intraspecific competition; Lycosidae; Soybean fields; Species co existence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; ONTOGENY; SPIDER;

UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; CANIS; GLYCINE MAX; HOGNA; HOGNA HELLUO; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA MILVINA;

EID: 0037327119     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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