Success of managed realignment for the restoration of salt-marsh biodiversity: Preliminary results on ground-active spiders

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 388-393

  Pétillon, Julien ^a   Garbutt, Angus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Ecological succession; Habitat restoration; Halophilic species

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARCTOSA; ENOPLOGNATHA; ERIGONE; PARDOSA; PIRATA PIRATICUS;

EID: 56649107922     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/CT07-113.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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