Predator-prey interactions in a grassland food chain vary with temperature and food quality

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 977-986

  Laws, Angela Nardoni ^a   Joern, Anthony ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEST COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD QUALITY; GRASSHOPPER; PRAIRIE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CAELIFERA;

EID: 84879412488     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20419.x     Document Type: Article

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