Structure and abundance of arachnid communities in Scots and lodgepole pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-207

  Docherty, Maureen ^a   Leather, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat diversity; Harvestmen; Pinus contorta; Pinus sylvestris; Spiders

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LODGEPOLE PINE; PLANTATION; SCOTS PINE; SPIDER COMMUNITY;

ABERFOYLE FOREST; SCOTLAND; TAYSIDE; US;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LINYPHIIDAE; OPILIONES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030800466     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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