Diversity of insects captured by weaver spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the cocoa agroecosystem in Tabasco, Mexico;Diversidad de insectos capturados por arañas tejedoras (Arachnida: Araneae) en el agroecosistema cacao en Tabasco, México

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-101

  Pérez De La Cruz, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Soto, Saúl ^a   Ortíz García, Carlos F ^a   Zapata Mata, Raúl ^b   De La Cruz Pérez, Aracely ^a  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Insecta; Predation; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CACAO; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CACAO; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; MEXICO; SPIDERS;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; LINYPHIIDAE; PHOLCIDAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO; THERIDIIDAE; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 34247147291     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000100011     Document Type: Article

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