Effects of rainforest fragmentation and shade-coffee plantations on spider communities in the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-68

  Kapoor, Vena ^a,b  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Rainforest Restoration Research Station   (India)

Author keywords

Araneae; Fragmentation; Habit atalteration; Indicators; Invertebrates; Species richness and composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COFFEE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ARANEAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PSECHRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37549020249     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9062-5     Document Type: Article

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