Spider (Araneae) communities of scree slopes in the Czech Republic

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 280-289

  Růžička, Vlastimil ^a   Klimeš, Leoš ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CCA; Environmental factors; Ice formation; Monte Carlo simulations; Scree slopes

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; BATHYPHANTES; LEPTHYPHANTES;

EID: 30344470446     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/04-44.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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