Rotational fallows as overwintering habitat for grassland arthropods: The case of spiders in fen meadows

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3003-3012

  Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Rocker, Sabine ^b   Hanafi, Jamal ^b   Gigon, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Araneae; Conservation; Emergence trap; Habitat management; Mowing; Partial ordination; Traditional land use; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP ROTATION; FALLOW; FEN; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MEADOW; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERWINTERING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CLUBIONIDAE; GNAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 53549100989     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9412-6     Document Type: Article

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