Natural history of mass-action in predator-prey models: A case study from wolf spiders and grasshoppers

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-64

  Joern, Anthony ^a   Danner, Bradford J ^b   Logan, J David ^b   Wolesensky, William ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASSHOPPER; MICROHABITAT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIDER;

ACRIDIDAE; ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; PHOETALIOTES NEBRASCENSIS; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 33748295734     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[52:NHOMIP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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