Nutrient-specific compensation following diapause in a predator: implications for intraguild predation

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2598-2608

  Raubenheimer, David ^a   Mayntz, David ^b,c   Simpson, Stephen J ^c   Tøft, Soeren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agonum dorsale; Carabid beetles; Diapause; Ecological stoichiometry; Geometrical framework; Intraguild predation; Lipid : Protein ratio; Nutrient specific foraging; Predator nutrition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPENSATION; DIAPAUSE; DIET; FOOD WEB; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LIPID; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

AGONUM DORSALE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD CHAIN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD CHAIN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

EID: 38449113979     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0012.1     Document Type: Article

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