The involvement of sand disturbance, cannibalism and intra-guild predation in competitive interactions among pit-building antlion larvae

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 308-315

  Barkae, Erez D ^a   Scharf, Inon ^a   Subach, Aziz ^a   Ovadia, Ofer ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition experiment; Exploitation competition; Interference competition; Myrmeleontidae; Sit and wait predator

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILICON DIOXIDE;

MYRMELEON; MYRMELEONTIDAE;

EID: 78149360574     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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