Diversity of spiders (Araneae) in a savanna reserve, Northern Province, South Africa

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 344-356

  Whitmore, Cheryl ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a   Crouch, Tanza E ^a,c   Dippenaar Schoeman, Ansie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Biosystematics Division   (South Africa)

^c Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat types; Sampling techniques; Savanna; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

EID: 0036444262     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0344:DOSAIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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