Habitat selection and potential antiherbivore effects of Peucetia flava (Oxyopidae) on Solanum thomasiifolium (Solanaceae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-367

  Jacobucci, Giuliano B ^a   Medeiros, Lenice ^b   Vasconcellos Neto, João ^c   Romero, Gustavo Q ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal plant interactions; Host plant specificity; Lynx spider; Plant protection

Indexed keywords

AGROMYZIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LYNX; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OXYOPIDAE; PEUCETIA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 70450235156     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/St08-61.1     Document Type: Article

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