Effects of subsidized spiders on coastal food webs in the Baltic Sea area

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 450-458

  Mellbrand, Kajsa ^a   Östman, Örjan ^a   Hambäck, Peter A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intraguild predation; Marine subsidy; Top down effects; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; HEXAPODA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 77955415331     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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