Impact of the invasive moss Campylopus introflexus on carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) in acidic coastal dunes at the southern Baltic Sea

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-620

  Schirmel, Jens ^a   Timler, Lars ^a   Buchholz, Sascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Moss encroachment; Neophytic moss; Species richness; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LICHEN; MOSS; NATIVE SPECIES; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DENSITY; SANDY SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; CAMPYLOPUS INTROFLEXUS; CARABIDAE; CLADONIA; COLEOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 79851510402     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9852-2     Document Type: Article

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