Opportunistic predator prefers habitat complexity that exposes prey while reducing cannibalism and intraguild encounters

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 899-910

  Schmidt, Jason M ^a   Rypstra, Ann L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent; Generalist predators; Habitat structure; Refuge; Spiders

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMPLEXITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENCOUNTER RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; REFUGE; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA MILVINA;

EID: 78449253236     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1785-z     Document Type: Article

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