Spider assemblages in Costa Rican cloud forests: Effects of forest level and forest age

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Yanoviak, Stephen P ^a,b   Kragh, Gitte ^c   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canopy; Cloud forest; Costa Rica; Disturbance; Diversity; Monteverde; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; LINYPHIIDAE;

EID: 0042285891     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.38.2.145.15922     Document Type: Article

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