Disturbance across an ecosystem boundary drives cannibalism propensity in a riparian consumer

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1227-1235

  Greenwood, Michelle J ^a,b   McIntosh, Angus R ^a   Harding, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aquatic terrestrial subsidies; flood; predation; river; spider; stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; FOOD WEB; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MAGNITUDE; MESOCOSM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649392324     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq140     Document Type: Article

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