Management intensity and vegetation complexity affect web-building spiders and their prey

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 579-589

  Diehl, Eva ^a   Mader, Viktoria L ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Birkhofer, Klaus ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aphid predation; Diet composition; Plant species richness; Predator prey interactions; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; APHID; DIET; GENERALIST; HARVESTING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOS; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; THYSANOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; MALE; SPIDERS;

EID: 84884812583     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2634-7     Document Type: Article

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