Diversity among ground-dwelling spider assemblages: Habitat generalists and specialists

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Mallis, Rachael E ^a   Hurd, Lawrence E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cursorial spiders; Habitat specialization; Spider diversity; Succession

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PIRATA; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA; TROCHOSA TERRICOLA;

EID: 21344445917     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/M03-34     Document Type: Article

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