Diversity of canopy and understorey spiders in north-temperate hardwood forests

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-237

  Larrivée, Maxim ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American beech; Araneae; Canopy; Diversity; Hardwood temperate forest; Rank Abundance Distribution (RAD); Spiders; Sugar maple; Understorey

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 65249149113     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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