Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae)

PEKÁR, Stanislav and Soeren TOFT. Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae). Biological Reviews. 2015, vol. 90, No 3, p. 744-761. ISSN 1464-7931. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12133.

Basic information

Original name

Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae)

Authors

PEKÁR, Stanislav (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Soeren TOFT (208 Denmark)

Edition

Biological Reviews, 2015, 1464-7931

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 10.725

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00086065

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12133

UT WoS

000357888200005

Keywords in English

adaptations; araneophagy; crustaceophagy; lepidopterophagy; dipterophagy; myrmecophagy; termitophagy

Tags

AKR, rivok

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Abstract

V originále

Predators appear to be less frequently specialised (i.e. adapted to restricted diet) on their prey than herbivores, parasites or parasitoids. Here, we critically evaluate contemporary evolutionary hypotheses that might be used to explain the evolution of specialised foraging in predators. We propose a unifying concept within which we define four types of trophic categories using ecological (diet breadth) and evolutionary (degree of adaptations) contexts.