Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The spider in the ecological play; 2. Hungry spiders; 3. Competitionist views of spider communities; 4. Failure of the competitionist paradigm; 5. How spiders avoid competition; 6. Impact of spiders on insect populations; 7. Anchoring the ecological web; 8. Untangling a tangled web; 9. Spinning a stronger story; References; Index.
A critical evaluation of the role of field experimentation in population and community ecology.
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research and set any ecologist thinking about possible
generalizations." Deborah M. Gordon, Nature
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of studies of spider ecology: in less than 300 pages of text, Wise
covers all the major work in depth." Elizabeth M. Jakob,
Science
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programs in agriculture, biology, ecology, and entomology." S.L.
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current status of spider ecology." Trends in Ecology and
Evolution
"...clearly written and highly informative...will be a well-used
reference in my library, and is an excellent point of access to the
spider literature for anyone interested in exploring the role of
spiders in terrestrial ecosystems." Ann L. Rypstra, Ecology
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