Spatial heterogeneity and functional response: An experiment in microcosms with varying obstacle densities

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-636

  Hauzy, Céline ^a,b,c   Tully, Thomas ^a   Spataro, Thierry ^a,b   Paul, Grégory ^d   Arditi, Roger ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encounter rates; Habitat complexity; Mutual interference; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INSECT; MICROCOSM; MITE; MOVEMENT; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 77953687952     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1585-5     Document Type: Article

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