Habitat and season in structuring ground-dwelling spider (Araneae) communities in a shortgrass steppe ecosystem

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1164-1172

  Weeks R D , Jr ^a   Holtzer, T O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Ground dwelling spiders; Habitat preferences; Seasonal patterns; Shortgrass steppe; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; SPIDER; STEPPE;

ARANEAE; GNAPHOSA BRUMALIS; GNAPHOSA CLARA; GNAPHOSA SERICATA; GNAPHOSIDAE; HABRONATTUS ALTANUS; HAPLODRASSUS SIGNIFER; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA; SCHIZOCOSA MCCOOKI; SCHIZOCOSA MIMULA; SERICATA; XYSTICUS; XYSTICUS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 0034488773     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225x-29.6.1164     Document Type: Article

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