Evidence for competition between carnivorous plants and spiders

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 3001-3008

  Jennings, David E ^a   Krupa, James J ^b   Raffel, Thomas R ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Drosera capillaris; Lycosidae; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DROSERA; DROSERA CAPILLARIS; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 77956908667     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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