Evidence of a latitudinal gradient in spider diversity in Australian cotton

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-23

  Whitehouse, Mary E A ^a   Hardwick, Scott ^a,f   Scholz, Brad C G ^b,g   Annells, Amanda J ^c   Ward, Andrew ^d,h   Grundy, Paul R ^b   Harden, Steven ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Dept of Prim Indust and Fisheries   (Australia)

^e Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement   (Australia)

^f AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement ^*  (Australia)

^h DPI Plant Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneae; Bt; Community; Conservation biological control; Habitat hetrogenity; Insecticide; Rarefaction curve

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COTTON; DOMINANCE; GROWING SEASON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 58249098492     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01874.x     Document Type: Article

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