Impact of flower-dwelling crab spiders on plant-pollinator mutualisms

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Brechbühl, Rolf ^a,b   Kropf, Christian ^c   Bacher, Sven ^a,b  

^a Zoological Institute   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Indirect effects; Multitrophic interactions; Plant fitness; Predation; Xysticus

Indexed keywords

ANTHEMIS; ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SYRPHIDAE; THOMISIDAE; XYSTICUS;

EID: 75749107039     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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