Fungal chemical defence alters density-dependent foraging behaviour and success in a fungivorous soil arthropod

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Stötefeld, Laura ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Rohlfs, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregative foraging; Collembola; Density dependence; Folsomia candida; Fungivory; LaeA; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FUNGUS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOIL FAUNA;

ARTHROPODA; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 84866155311     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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