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  <dc:contributor>Howard S. Ginsberg</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Elizabeth M. Jakob</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Julie V. Bednarski</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are numerous reports of spiders that have become established outside of their native ranges, but few studies examine their impact on native spiders. We examined the effect of the European hammock spider &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;Linyphia triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (Araneae, Linyphiidae) on the native bowl-and-doily spider &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;Frontinella communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. First, we added &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; to established plots of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Significantly more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; abandoned their webs when &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; were added compared to control plots. Second, we tested whether &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; were deterred from building webs in areas where &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; was established. Significantly fewer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; built webs on plots with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; than on control plots. In both experiments, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sometimes took over webs of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; or incorporated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; webs into their own webs, but &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;never took over or incorporated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; webs. Competition between &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;L. triangularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; for both webs and web sites may contribute to the decline of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="EmphasisTypeItalic "&gt;F. communis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1007/s10530-009-9511-7</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Springer</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Competitive interactions between a native spider (&lt;i&gt;Frontinella communis&lt;/i&gt;, Araneae: Linyphiidae) and an invasive spider (&lt;i&gt;Linyphia triangularis&lt;/i&gt;, Araneae: Linyphiidae)</dc:title>
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