Impacts of grazing and burning on spider assemblages in dry eucalypt forests of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 526-538

  Harris, Rebecca ^a,b   York, Alan ^a,c   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Grazing; Pitfall trapping; Spiders; Sweep sampling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; GRAZING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPIDER;

AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0242350230     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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