![]() ![]() Forty percent of all prey were amphibians, specifically frogs. Spiders represented over half of all predatory events and were the main predator for all vertebrates except birds, which were mostly preyed upon by praying mantises. Vertebrate prey were from 5 classes and 163 families. Arthropod predators were from 6 classes and 83 families. ![]() Over 1,300 recorded observations were collated from 89 countries. This study represents the largest global assessment of arthropods preying on vertebrates to provide a conceptual framework, identify global patterns and provide a searchable database.Ī systematic literature review was conducted. Arthropods as vertebrate predators is a generally overlooked aspect in ecology due to the cryptic nature of these events, the relatively small size of arthropods and the difficulty in finding published data. ![]()
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