Web orientation and prey resources for web-building spiders in eastern hemlock

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1466-1472

  Mallis, Rachael E ^a   Rieske, Lynne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

natural enemies; predator prey interactions; trophic interactions; web location; Web weaving spiders

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; NATURAL ENEMY; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; TREE; TSUGA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; KENTUCKY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; TREES; TSUGA;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CONIUM; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PSOCOPTERA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77957805845     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10039     Document Type: Article

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