Different hunting strategies of generalist predators result in functional differences

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F16%3A00091242" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/16:00091242 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43410/16:43909821
Result on the web
<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-016-3631-4" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-016-3631-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3631-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00442-016-3631-4</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Different hunting strategies of generalist predators result in functional differences
Original language description
The morphological, physiological, and behavioural traits of organisms are often used as surrogates for actual ecological functions. However, differences in these traits do not necessarily lead to functional differences and/or can be context–dependent. Therefore, it is necessary to explicitly test whether the surrogates have general ecological relevance. To investigate the relationship between the hunting strategies of predators (i.e., how, where, and when they hunt) and their function, we used euryphagous spiders as a model group. We used published data on the diet composition of 76 spider species based on natural prey and laboratory prey acceptance experiments. We computed differences in the position and width of trophic niches among pairs of sympatrically occurring species.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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