Spiders and subsidies: Results from the riparian zone of a coastal temperate rainforest

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 687-694

  Marczak, Laurie B ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect emergence; Land water interface; Streams; Trophic subsidies

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COASTAL ZONE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RIVER; SPIDER; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; HEXAPODA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 34250773387     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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