Biogeographic patterns of spiders in coastal dunes along a gradient of mediterraneity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 873-894

  Carvalho, J C ^a   Cardoso, Pedro ^b,c   Crespo, Luís C ^c   Henriques, Sérgio ^d   Carvalho, Rui ^d   Gomes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coastal dunes; Iberian Peninsula; Indicator species; Mediterranean; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; DUNE; FAUNISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPIDER; TYPOLOGY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ARANEAE;

EID: 79952770705     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0001-8     Document Type: Article

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