Assessing spatiotemporal predator-prey patterns in heterogeneous habitats

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-494

  Birkhofer, Klaus ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Wiegand, Thorsten ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Collembola; Density dependence; Food web; Habitat heterogeneity; Ideal free distribution; Intraguild interactions; Pair correlation function; Spatial distribution; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COLLEMBOLA; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 77957121006     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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