Ballooning propensity of canopy and understorey spiders in a mature temperate hardwood forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Larrivée, Maxim ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIC; Araneae; Body Size; Dispersal; Hunters; Hunting Strategy; Web Builders

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BODY SIZE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIAGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREY CAPTURE; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ARANEAE; ORBICULARIA;

EID: 79952611489     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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