Intraguild interactions among generalist predator functional groups drive impact on herbivore and decomposer prey

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Sanders, Dirk ^a,b,c   Schaefer, Matthias ^a   Platner, Christian ^a   Griffiths, Georgianne J K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79951771842     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18924.x     Document Type: Article

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