Biodiversity of the ground-dwelling spider fauna of afforestation habitats

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 120, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 433-441

  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

Afforestation; Biodiversity; Grassland; Hedgerow; Indicator; Peatland; Spider assemblages

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; HEDGEROW; PEATLAND; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33846867969     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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