Temporal variation in spider trophic interactions is explained by the influence of weather on prey communities, web building and prey choice

JP Cuff, FM Windsor, MPTG Tercel, JR Bell… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Generalist invertebrate predators are sensitive to weather conditions, but the relationship
between their trophic interactions and weather is poorly understood. This study investigates …

Web decoration is important in mediating foraging site fidelity as well as prey supplement and predation risk in an orb‐web spider

D Gong, Z Hua, A Mao, L Chen, Y Peng, S Zhang - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Animals may consider both biotic and abiotic factors in foraging site choice. Among the biotic
factors, food availability and predation risk are two widely reported important factors in …

Predatory mites, a green pesticide, and an entomopathogenic compound: A proposed IPM tactic based on pest species diversity indices and population dynamics

IM Zidan, EMAK El-Saiedy, GM Abou-Elella… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The study was aimed to conduct the population dynamics and diversity indices for three
major pest species in order to design an IPM protocol in two experimental sites (Om Saber …

A pioneering study on the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh, India

TR Sethy, J Ahi - Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2022 - threatenedtaxa.org
The present investigations were carried out to elucidate the spider fauna of the Sagar district
of Madhya Pradesh. A total of 1,505 spider specimens were documented from various sites …

[PDF][PDF] Intraguild impact of the invasive Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) in Ireland

BL Collier - aran.library.nuigalway.ie
In the Anthropocene, some spiders of the family Theridiidae (Araneae) have rapidly
dispersed from their native range to become cosmopolitan, and occasionally invasive …

[PDF][PDF] ORCA–Online Research@ Cardiff

J Cuff, CT Muller, EC Gilmartin, L Boddy - 2020 - core.ac.uk
Generalist invertebrate predators are sensitive to weather conditions, but the relationship
between their trophic interactions and weather is poorly understood. This study investigates …