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. 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.

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节肢动物作为脊椎动物的掠食者：全球格局回顾

由于节肢动物的脊椎动物的天性，节肢动物的体型相对较小以及难以找到已发表的数据，因此节肢动物作为脊椎动物的掠食者在生态学中通常被忽视。这项研究代表了对节肢动物捕食脊椎动物的最大的全球评估，以提供一个概念框架，确定整体模式并提供可搜索的数据库。