Refining the establishment of guilds in Neotropical spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 219-239

  Dias, Sidclay Calaça ^a   Carvalho, Leonardo Sousa ^b   Bonaldo, Alexandre Bragio ^a   Brescovit, Antonio Domingos ^c  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Assemblage guilds; Atlantic Forest; Cerrado; Guild establishment

Indexed keywords

BIOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GUILD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIFESTYLE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; PARAIBA; PIAUI;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; CORINNIDAE; CTENIDAE; DIPLURIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; MITURGIDAE; PISAURIDAE; SALTICIDAE; SICARIIDAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 77449083225     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903383503     Document Type: Article

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