Influence of environmental parameters on small-scale distribution of soil-dwelling spiders in forests: What makes the difference, tree species or microhabitat?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 738-752

  Ziesche, Tim Mark ^a   Roth, Mechthild ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Biodiversity; Microhabitat selection; Production forest; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ARANEAE; MICROCLIMATIC PARAMETER; MICROHABITAT SELECTION; SMALL-SCALE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; SOIL HUMIDITY;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDS; BIODIVERSITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ARANEAE; BRYOPHYTA; FAGUS; PICEA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 38949098686     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.060     Document Type: Article

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