Comparing rates of springtail predation by web-building spiders using Bayesian inference

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3814-3825

  Welch, Kelton D ^a,b   Schofield, Matthew R ^a,c   Chapman, Eric G ^a   Harwood, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

alternative prey; detritivore; gut content analysis; predation rate

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COLLEMBOLA;

DNA;

ALTERNATIVE PREY; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BAYES THEOREM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETRITIVORE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATION RATE; SPIDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH JUICE;

ALTERNATIVE PREY; DETRITIVORE; GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; PREDATION RATE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

EID: 84904764367     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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