Co-existence of divergent communities at natural boundaries: Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) diversity across an alpine timberline

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Muff, Patrick ^a   Kropf, Christian ^a   Frick, Holger ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^b   Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Dwarf shrub heath; Ecotone; Environment and space; Forest; Light; Microspatial distribution; Pitfall traps; Swiss Central Alps; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349608541     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2008.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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