A twenty-year comparison of epigeic spider communities (Araneae) of Danish coastal heath habitats

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-96

  Gajdoš, Peter ^a,b   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coastal heathland habitats; Community composition changes; Denmark; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CALLUNA; EMPETRUM; ERICA; MOLINIA;

EID: 0034349906     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2000)028[0090:ATYCOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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