The effect of femel- and small scale clear-cutting on ground dwelling spider communities in a Norway spruce forest in Southern Germany

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3653-3680

  Huber, Christian ^a   Schulze, Caroline ^a   Baumgarten, Manuela ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BACIP; Clear cutting; Forest management; H glwald; Selective cutting; Species assemblage; Species environment relationship; Spiders; Spruce

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGENERATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SPIDER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AGELENIDAE; AMAUROBIIDAE; ARANEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CLUBIONIDAE; COELOTES TERRESTRIS; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; POACEAE;

EID: 36148966917     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9004-2     Document Type: Article

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