Landscape context of sheetweb spider (Araneae: Linyphiidae) abundance in cereal fields

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Schmidt, Martin H ^a,b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Araneae; Ballooning; Biological control; Dispersal distance; Farmland; Inter annual variation; Landscape composition; Linyphiidae; Weather; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT QUALITY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LINYPHIIDAE; LINYPHIINAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 15944369616     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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