Are salt marsh invasions by the grass Elymus athericus A threat for two dominant halophilic wolf spiders?

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 236-242

  Pétillon, Julien ^a,b   Ysnel, Frédéric ^a   Lefeuvre, Jean Claude ^c   Canard, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Food resources; Habitat change; Halophilic species; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARCTOSA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; POACEAE;

EID: 30344455590     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/CT-04-121.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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