A test of habitat selection at two spatial scales in a sit-and-wait predator: A web spider in the Namib Desert dunes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-413

  Henschel, J R ^a   Lubin, Y D ^b  

^a Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eresidae; habitat quality; Seothyra henscheli; site dependency; spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DUNE; HABITAT SELECTION; SCALE; SIT-AND-WAIT PREDATION; SPIDER; WEB CHARACTERISTIC;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

ARANEAE; ERESIDAE; SEOTHYRA HENSCHELI;

EID: 0030619961     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5985     Document Type: Article

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