Ground-dwelling arthropod communities present in three types of Cantabrian (NW Spain) heathland grazed by sheep or goats

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  García, Rocío Rosa ^a   Ocharan, Francisco J ^b   Jáuregui, Berta M ^a   García, Urcesino ^a   Osoro, Koldo ^a   Celaya, Rafael ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Diversity; Goat; Grazing; Ground dwellingarthropods; Heathland; Lycosidae; Opiliones; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRAZING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

ARANEAE; ARCHAEOGNATHA; ARTHROPODA; BOVIDAE; CALLUNA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPODA; JULIDA; LYCOSIDAE; OPILIONES; OVIS ARIES; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 77957880789     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.029     Document Type: Article

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