Habitat affinities of spiders living near a freshwater pond

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-89

  Graham, Alice K ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a,b   Spence, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating pitfall trap; Habitat gradient; Semi aquatic; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DOLOMEDES; DOLOMEDES TRITON; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA FUSCULA; PARDOSA MOESTA; PIRATA; PIRATA PIRATICUS;

EID: 0042706568     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0078:HAOSLN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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