Substrate availability may be more important than aquatic insect abundance in the distribution of riparian orb-web spiders in the tropics

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Chan, Eric K W ^a   Zhang, Yixin ^b   Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; China; Ecotone; Habitat structure; Hong Kong; Riparian vegetation; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSECT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; SUBSTRATE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

ARANEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 61549129855     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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