Habitat patch size and isolation as predictors of occupancy and number of argyrodine spider kleptoparasites in Nephila webs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Argyrodes elevates; Faiditus americanus; Ideal free distribution; Kleptoparasites; Occupancy; Patch connectedness; Patch size; Spider webs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATION EFFECT; KLEPTOPARASITISM; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE; PROBABILITY; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARGYRODES; FAIDITUS; NEPHILA;

EID: 79953896546     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0750-3     Document Type: Article

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