The influence of open space on ground-dwelling spider assemblages within plantation forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 404-417

  Oxbrough, Anne G ^a   Gittings, Tom ^a   O'Halloran, John ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a   Kelly, Tom C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest road; Glade; Open space size; Plantation; Ride; Spider assemblages

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROADS AND STREETS;

GLADE; OPEN SPACE SIZE; RIDE; SPIDER ASSEMBLAGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

EVERGREEN TREE; OPEN SPACE; PITFALL TRAP; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDS; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; ROADS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 33751519307     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.063     Document Type: Article

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