Variation and diversity of spider assemblages along a thermal gradient in scree slopes and adjacent cliffs

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Růžička, Vlastimil ^a   Zacharda, Miloslav ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Microclimate; Rock wall; Scree slope; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIFF; COOLING; MICROCLIMATE; MONITORING; SLOPE; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; MOUNT KLIC;

ARANEAE;

EID: 77955686444     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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