Spider silk reduces insect herbivory

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rypstra, Ann L ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food web; Herbivory; Non consumptive effects; Silk; Spider; Trait mediated effects

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FOOD WEB; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

SILK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BOMBYX; CHEMISTRY; HERBIVORY; PHASEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BOMBYX; HERBIVORY; PHASEOLUS; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

EID: 84877286388     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0948     Document Type: Article

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