Aggregate effects of multiple predator species on a shared prey

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2367-2372

  Sokol Hessner, Lauge ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregating species by functional group; Direct interaction; Emergent nonlinear effects; Grasshopper prey; Hunting spider predators; Individual species vs. functional group; Multiple predator effects; Predation risk enhancement or reduction

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM; PHIDIPPUS; PHIDIPPUS RIMATOR; PISAURINA MIRA; RABIDOSA; RABIDOSA RABIDA; RIMATOR;

EID: 0037800367     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2367:AEOMPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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