Niche properties of Central European spiders: Shading, moisture and the evolution of the habitat niche

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-448

  Entling, Wiebke ^a   Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Bacher, Sven ^a   Brandl, Roland ^b   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Correspondence analysis; Environmental gradients; Habitat specialization; Habitat types; Indirect gradient analysis; Niche position; Niche width; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT TYPE; MACROECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; MOISTURE; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SHADING; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 34250356705     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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