Spider communities as evaluation tools for wet heathland restoration

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 773-780

  Cristofoli, Sara ^a   Mahy, Grégory ^a   Kekenbosch, Robert ^b   Lambeets, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Araneae; Functional traits; Heathland restoration; Mobility; Niche breadth; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; HEATHLAND RESTORATION; HEATHLANDS; RE-COLONIZATION;

GROUNDWATER; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

RESTORATION;

BOG; FEN; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOBILITY; NICHE BREADTH; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPIDER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

EUROPE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 75349096335     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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