Litter hovels as havens for riparian spiders in an unregulated river

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-19

  Loeser, Matthew R ^a,b   McRae, Bradner H ^a   Howe, Marisa M ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yakima Valley Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Litter deposition; Litter hovels; River regulation; Spider community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; LITTER; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST CLEAR CREEK;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 33845751460     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[13:LHAHFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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