Direct and indirect bottom-up and top-down forces shape the abundance of the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 706-714

  Bruggisser, Odile T ^a   Sandau, Nadine ^a   Blandenier, Gilles ^a,b   Fabian, Yvonne ^a   Kehrli, Patrik ^c   Aebi, Alex ^d   Naisbit, Russell E ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Hornet; Intermediate predator; Plant diversity; Trophic interaction; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI; VESPA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84870435331     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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