Additive and non-additive effects from a larger spatial scale determine small-scale densities in a web spider Neriene brongersmai

Population Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-135

  Takada, Mayura ^a   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Emergent property; Limiting factor; Linypiid spider; Multiple spatial scale; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCALE EFFECT; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ARANEAE; NERIENE;

EID: 4644291023     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0187-7     Document Type: Article

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