How Spiders Make a Living
作者:
M. Nyffeler,
W. L. Sterling,
D. A. Dean,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 6
页码: 1357-1367
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1093/ee/23.6.1357
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: spiders;predation;diets
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Although the beneficial status of the spiders as insectivores has been widely recognized for quite some time, biologists by and large seem to be rather unfamiliar with the specific feeding habits of this very diverse order. We present an overview of the feeding patterns of 10 groups of common agroecosystem spiders to inform entomologists and ecologists concerned with issues of natural biological control. The various spider groups discussed in this article exhibit a very diverse range of life styles and foraging modes, which is reflected in the diversity of their feeding patterns. Implications of the insectivorous activities of these predators for natural pest control are discussed.
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