Habitat structure mediates top-down effects of spiders and ants on herbivores

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-160

  Sanders, Dirk ^a   Nickel, Herbert ^a   Grützner, Thomas ^a   Platner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argiope bruennichi; Field experiment; Grasshoppers; Leafhoppers; Planthoppers; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI; ARTHROPODA; CICADELLIDAE; DELPHACIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 38949089688     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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