Feeding habits of lycosid spiders in field habitats

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-260

  Kuusk, Anna Karin ^a,b   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Collembola; Gut content analysis; Pardosa; Predator prey interactions; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARTHROPOD; DNA; FEEDING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 84860716078     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-012-0431-4     Document Type: Article

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