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ArticleEcology and evolution2021

Predator size affects the intensity of mutual interference in a predatory mirid.

Nikos E Papanikolaou, Sofia Dervisoglou, Argyro Fantinou, Theodore Kypraios, Valmari Giakoumaki, Dionysios Perdikis

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nikos E PapanikolaouLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology Department of Crop Science Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-0774
Sofia DervisoglouLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology Department of Crop Science Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece.
Argyro FantinouLaboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science Department of Crop Science Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece.
Theodore KypraiosSchool of Mathematical Sciences University Park University of Nottingham Nottingham UK.
Valmari GiakoumakiLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology Department of Crop Science Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece.
Dionysios PerdikisLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology Department of Crop Science Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece.
Agricultural University of Athens · GRUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interference competition occurs when access to an available resource is negatively affected by interactions with other individuals, where mutual interference involves individuals of the same species. The interactive phenomena among individuals may be size-dependent, since body size is a major factor that may alter prey consumption rates and ultimately the dynamics and structure of food webs.A study was initiated in order to evaluate the effect of mutual interference in the prey-specific attack rates and handling times of same size class predators, incorporating variation in consumer size. For this purpose, laboratory functional response experiments were conducted using same age predators, that is, newly hatched (first instar) or mature (fifth instar) nymphs of the polyphagous mirid predator

Indexed as

competitionCrowley–Martin modelfunctional responseMacrolophus pygmaeusmutual interferenceomnivorous predator

Identifiers

PMID33598135
PMCPMC7863380
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