Capture efficiency and trophic adaptations of a specialist and generalist predator: a comparison
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Ecology & Evolution |
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| Web | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.2812/pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2812 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | araneae; capture behaviour; araneophagy |
| Description | We used an araneophagous spider (Lampona murina) and a generalist spider (Drassodes lapidosus) as phylogenetically related model species and investigated their realized and fundamental trophic niches and their efficacy with respect to prey capture and prey handling. |
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