Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat

By James D. Harwood, K. Sunderland, W. Symondson. 2001

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Web‐location by linyphiid spiders: prey‐specific aggregation and foraging strategies (2003, methodology): “Using the equations derived above, it was possible to estimate total prey consumption by field-collected male and female T. tenuis from their body weights, since average summer temperatures in UK wheat fields are comparable to those used for the laboratory experiments (Harwood et al. 2001).”
Composition, abundance and pest control potential of spider communities in agroecosystems: a comparison of European and US studies (2003, background): “…as food source (mainly collembolans and dipterans), available on the soil surface in large numbers in the northern-temperate climate (Bristowe, 1941; Sunderland et al., 1986a; Frampton et al., 2000; Harwood et al., 2001a) and abundant in many habitats (Petersen, 1982a,b; Hopkin, 1997, 1998).”
Can generalist predators be effective biocontrol agents? (2003, background): “There is good evidence that spiders do indeed locate their webs in areas of overall greatest prey density (93).”