Responses of ground-dwelling spiders to four hedgerow species on sloped agricultural fields in Southwest China

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-346

  Wu, Yuhong ^a   Cai, Qingnian ^a   Lin, Chaowen ^b   Chen, Yibing ^b   Li, Yuying ^c   Cheng, Xu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity density; Araneae; Ground dwelling; Hedgerow; Pitfall trapping; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOODEN FENCES;

ACTIVITY DENSITY; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ARANEAE; CROP FIELDS; GROUND-DWELLING; HEDGEROW; MAIZE GROWING SEASON; NATURAL HABITAT; PITFALL TRAPPING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 63749092459     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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