Body size determines the outcome of competition for webs among alien and native sheetweb spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Eichenberger, Beata ^a   Siegenthaler, Eva ^a   Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biotic invasion; Erigone dentipalpis; Intraguild interference; Laboratory experiment; Mermessus trilobatus; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; ERIGONE DENTIPALPIS; GNATHONARIUM; LINYPHIIDAE;

EID: 65649092177     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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