Appendix Table 1. Studies included in the meta-analysis of temperature effects on functional response parameters. Study Predator species Prey species Taxon (Predator/prey) Predator type Habitat Bailey 1989 Bergman 1987 Ranatra dispar Perca fluviatilis Gymnocephalus cernuus Salvelinus alpinus Anisops denai Chaoborus obscuripes Chaoborus obscuripes Chironomus sp/pellets insect/insect fish/insect fish/insect fish/insect Predator Predator Predator Predator Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic Telenomus reynoldsi Geocoris bullatus Lepidurus arcticus Callinectes sapidus Encarsia formosa Phytoseiulus persimilis Chaoborus americanus Cephalonomia waterstoni Theocolax elegans Coenosia attenuata Orius albidipennis Celithemis fasciata Typlodromus pyri Tortanus dextrilobatus Tortanus dextrilobatus Stizostedion vitreum Geocoris puctipes Lygus sp. Daphnia pulex Crassostrea virginica Bemisia tabaci Tetranychus urticae Diaptomus tyrelli Cryptolestes ferrugineus Rhyzopertha dominica Drosophila melanogaster Megalurothrips sjostedti Cironomus tentans Panonychus ulmi Oithona davisae Acartia sp. Cladocera spp & Copepoda spp Schizaphis graminum Schizaphis graminum Schizaphis graminum Tetranychus viennensis Aleurotuberculatus takahashi Isochrysis galbana Myzus persicae Spodoptera exogua Panonychus ulmi insect/insect insect/insect crustacean/crustacean crustacean/mussel insect/insect mite/mite insect/crustacean Insect/Insect Insect/Insect insect/insect insect/insect insect/insect mite/mite crustacean/crustacean crustacean/crustacean fish/crustacean Parasitoid Predator Predator Predator Parasitoid Predator Predator Parasitoid Parasitoid Predator Predator Predator Predator Predator Predator Predator Terrestrial Terrestrial Aquatic Aquatic Terrestrial Terrestrial Aquatic Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial Aquatic Terrestrial Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 insect/insect insect/insect insect/insect insect/mite insect/insect mussel/algae insect/insect insect/insect insect/mite Parasitoid Parasitoid Parasitoid Predator Parasitoid Filter feeder Predator Predator Predator Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial Aquatic Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Mosquito larvae Rhyzopertha dominica insect/insect insect/insect Predator Parasitoid Aquatic Terrestrial 1 1 Larsson & Berglund 2005; Bystrom et al. 2006 Cave & Gaylor 1989 Chow et al. 1983 Christoffersen 2001 Eggleston 1990 Enkegaard 1994 Everson 1979 Fedorenko 1975 Flinn 1991 Flinn & Hagstrum 2002 Gilioli et al. 2005 Gitonga et al. 2002 Gresens et al. 1982 Hardman & Rogers 1991 Hooff & Bollens 2004 Johnston & Mathias 1994, 1996 Jones et al. 2003 Jones et al. 2007 Li et al. 2007 Liu & Sengonca 1998 Lu & Blake 1997 Mack & Smilovitz 1982 Mahdian et al. 2006 McCaffrey & Horsburgh 1986 McCoull et al. 1998 Menon et al. 2002 Lysiphlebus testaceipes Aphidius colemani Lysiphlebus testaceipes Scolothrips takahashii Eretmocerus longipes Argopecten irradians Coleomegilla maculata Picromerus bidens Orius insidiosus Naucoris congrex Anisopteromalus calandrae No of observations 1 1 1 1 Messenger 1968 Murdoch et al. 1984 Praon exsoletum Notonecta hoffmani Nagai & Yano 2000 Persson 1979, 1982, 1986 Orius sauteri Perca fluviatus Rutilus rutilus Daphnia hyalina Metridia lucens Phytoseiulus persimilis Anisopteromalus calandrae Cyrtorhinus lividipennis Chaoborus americanus Pseudopleuronectes americanus Ischnura elegans Trichogramma ostriniae Acartia hudsonica Coccinella septempunctata Aphidius colemani Cardiochiles philippinensis Esox lucius Pitsch 2009 Sell et al. 2001 Skirvin & Fenlon 2003 Smith 1994 Song & Heong 1997 Spitze 1985 Taylor & Collie 2003 Thompson 1978 Wang & Ferro 1998 Wlodarczyk et al. 1992 Xia et al. 2003 Zamani et al. 2006 Zhang et al. 1996 Öhlund unpubl. Therioaphis trifolii Ceriodaphnia reticulata, Daphnia pulex, Moina spp., mosquito larvae, Drosophila sp. Thrips palmi Caoborus obscuripes Caoborus obscuripes Monoraphidium minutum Calanus finmarchius Tetranychus urticae Sitophilus oryzae insect/aphid insect/insect & crustacean Parasitoid Predator Terrestrial Aquatic 1 1 insect/insect fish/insect fish/insect crustacean/algae insect/insect mite/mite insect/insect Predator Predator Predator Filter feeder Predator Predator Parasitoid Terrestrial Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic Terrestrial Terrestrial Terrestrial 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Nilaparvata lugens Daphnia pulex Crangon septemspinosa insect/insect insect/crustacean fish /crustacean Predator Predator Predator Terrestrial Aquatic Aquatic 1 1 1 Daphnia manga Ostrinia nubilalis Thalassiosira constricta Aphis gossypii insect/crustacean insect/insect crustacean/algae insect/insect Parasitoid Parasitoid Filter feeder Predator Terrestrial Terrestrial Aquatic Terrestrial 1 1 1 4 Aphis gossypii Cnaphalocrocis medinalis insect/insect insect/insect Parasitoid Parasitoid Terrestrial Terrestrial 1 1 Salmo trutta fish/fish Predator Aquatic 1 References Bailey P.C.E. 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