Are spider assemblages in fragmented, semi-desert habitat affected by increasing cover of agricultural crops?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Opatovsky, Itai ^a   Pluess, Therese ^b   Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^b   Gavish Regev, Efrat ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Araneae; Desert; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat specialists; Precipitation; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ARANEAE;

EID: 71249120393     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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