Effect of forestry on the abundance and diversity of arboreal spiders in the boreal spruce forest

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Pettersson, Roger B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SPIDER;

SWEDEN;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEUS NORDMANNI; CLUBIONIDAE; LEPTHYPHANTES SUFFUSUS; LINYPHIIDAE; PHILODROMIDAE; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0030304540     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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