Predators mediate the effects of a fungal pathogen on prey: An experiment with grasshoppers, wolf spiders, and fungal pathogens

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 702-708

  Laws, Angela N ^a,e   Frauendorf, Therese C ^a,d   Gómez, Jesús E ^b   Algaze, Isabel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomophaga grylli; Fungal pathogen; Grasshopper; Host pathogen interaction; Predator prey interaction; Species interactions; Weather; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FIELDWORK; FUNGUS; GRASSHOPPER; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGEN; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARANEAE; ENTOMOPHAGA GRYLLI; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 70449458850     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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