Climatic control of trophic interaction strength: The effect of lizards on spiders

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-771

  Spiller, David A ^a   Schoener, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community processes; Lizards; Precipitation; Predation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HURRICANE; LIZARD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPIDER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARD; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAIN; SPIDERS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT ABACO;

ARANEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 36849007075     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0867-z     Document Type: Article

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