Cross-habitat predation in Nepenthes gracilis: The red crab spider Misumenops nepenthicola influences abundance of pitcher dipteran larvae

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Ling Chua, Trina Jie ^a   Min Lim, Matthew Lek ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crab spiders; Culex; Endonepenthia schuitemakeri; Lestodiplosis; Misumenops nepenthicola; Nepenthes gracilis; phytotelmata; predation; Thomisus nepenthiphilus; Tripteriodes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 83455176137     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000629     Document Type: Article

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