The effects of forest fragmentation on web spider communities in urban areas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-364

  Miyashita, Tadashi ^a   Shinkai, Akira ^b   Chida, Takafumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Nishikicho 3 12 16 Tachikawa 113 ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Community; Fragmentation; Species density; Species richness; Species area relationship; Spider

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPIDER;

JAPAN;

NEPHILA CLAVATA;

EID: 0032402176     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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