Epigeic spiders as ecological indicators of conservation value for peat bogs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-428

  Scott, Alan G ^a   Oxford, Geoff S ^b   Selden, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Log abundance; Mires; Naturalness index; Sampling protocol; Species quality index; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BOG; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURALNESS; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SPIDER;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28544452870     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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