Influence of abiotic factors on spider and ground beetle communities in different salt-marsh systems

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-751

  Pétillon, Julien ^a   Georges, Anita ^a   Canard, Alain ^a   Lefeuvre, Jean Claude ^b   Bakker, Jan P ^c   Ysnel, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Conservation; Flooding; Halophilic species; Monitoring; Salinity; Tidal ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 51449091007     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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