Partitioning of niches among four species of orb-weaving spiders in a grassland habitat

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 651-656

  Richardson, M L ^a   Hanks, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Argiope trifasciata; Cyclosa turbinata; Mangora gibberosa; Neoscona arabesca

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPIDER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE TRIFASCIATA; CYCLOSA; NEOSCONA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049088609     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0316     Document Type: Article

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