Ground-dwelling spider fauna (Araneae) of two vineyards in southern Quebec

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 635-645

  Bolduc, Elise ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a   Bostanian, Noubar J ^b   Vincent, Charles ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobiont spiders; Grapes; Landscape diversity; Natural enemies; Phenology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PHENOLOGY; SPIDER; VINEYARD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGELENOPSIS; AGELENOPSIS POTTERI; ARANEAE; CANIS; DIPLURIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LINYPHIIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PARDOSA; PARDOSA MOESTA; TENNESSEELLUM FORMICUM; TROCHOSA; TROCHOSA RURICOLA; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 20344386994     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.3.635     Document Type: Article

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