Habitat structure and prey aggregation determine the functional response in a soil predator-prey interaction

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Vucic Pestic, Olivera ^a   Birkhofer, Klaus ^b   Rall, Björn C ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^c   Brose, Ulrich ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dome shaped functional response; Interaction strength; Metabolic rate; Swarming effect; Type IV functional response

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSECT; METABOLISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SOIL BIOTA; SPIDER; SWARMING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANEAE; BRYOPHYTA; COLLEMBOLA; ENTOMOBRYIDAE; HETEROMURUS NITIDUS; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA LUGUBRIS;

EID: 77955570048     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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