Omnivory and the indeterminacy of predator function: Can a knowledge of foraging behavior help?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2538-2548

  Rosenheim, Jay A ^a   Corbett, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Food webs; Foraging behavior; Generalist predator; Herbivore population suppression; Higher order predation; Indirect effects; Individual based model; Intraguild predation; Omnivory; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0037956691     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0469     Document Type: Review

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