Direct and indirect effects of ants on a forest-floor food web

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1454-1465

  Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a,b   Wise, David H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral trophic cascades; Camponotus; Gnaphosa; Indirect effects in food webs; Intraguild predation; Multichannel omnivory model; Path analysis; Schizocosa; Tomocerus; Trait mediated indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD WEB; FOREST FLOOR; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; OMNIVORY; PATH ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; CAMPONOTUS; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; GNAPHOSA; SCHIZOCOSA; TOMOCERIDAE; TOMOCERUS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; KENTUCKY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

EID: 34547642473     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1474     Document Type: Article

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