Web spider community response along an edge between pasture and Araucaria forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 403-409

  Baldissera, Ronei ^a   Ganade, Gislene ^a   Benedet Fontoura, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Edge effects; Temporal variation; Vegetation features; Web spiders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDGE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARAUCARIA;

EID: 1842867043     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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