Effects of natural forest fragmentation on a Hawaiian spider community

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1296-1305

  Vandergast, Amy G ^a,b   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosa; Edge effects; Hawaii; Lava flows; Tetragnatha

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPIDER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; CYCLOSA; HAWAIIA; TETRAGNATHA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 7644223484     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1296     Document Type: Article

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