Zonation of spiders (Araneae) and carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in island salt marshes at the North Sea coast

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-228

  Finch, Oliver D ^a   Krummen, Heinrich ^a   Plaisier, Friedhelm ^a   Schultz, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod communities; Biodiversity; Sea level rise; Spatial gradients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SPIDER; TRANSECT; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BORKUM; CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; WANGEROOGE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34247895528     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9024-4     Document Type: Article

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