Seasonality of spiders (Araneae) in Mediterranean ecosystems and its implications in the optimum sampling period

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-526

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a,b,c   Silva, Israel ^b   De Oliveira, Nuno G ^b   Serrano, Artur R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arachnids; Biodiversity; Complementarity; Cost efficiency; Inventory; Phenology; Pitfall; Portugal; Spain; Standardised protocols

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PITFALL TRAP; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE;

EID: 34848888400     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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