Predicting the post-fire responses of animal assemblages: Testing a trait-based approach using spiders

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 558-568

  Langlands, Peter R ^a   Brennan, Karl E C ^b   Framenau, Volker W ^a,c   Main, Barbara Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballooning; Body size; Dispersal; Disturbance; Functional groups; Linked traits; RLQ analysis; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENERALIST; MATURATION; MICROHABITAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CREEDIIDAE;

EID: 79953306832     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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