The global relationship between climate, net primary production and the diet of spiders

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-108

  Birkhofer, Klaus ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Diet breadth; Diet composition; Generalist predators; More individuals hypothesis; Predator prey interactions; Prey specialization; Species energy theory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPIDER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRIAPODA; PSOCOPTERA;

EID: 84855555854     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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