Species richness and community structure of arboreal spider assemblages in fragments of three vegetational types at Banhado Grande wet plain, Gravataí River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-151

  Bonaldo, Alexandre B ^a   Marques, Maria Aparecida L ^b   Pinto da Rocha, Ricardo ^c   Gardner, Toby ^d  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arboreal spiders; Southern Brazil; Species richness; Taxonomic composition; Wet plain

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

EID: 34848889032     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212007000200003     Document Type: Article

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