Effects of experimental fire regimes on the abundance and diversity of cursorial arachnids of Brazilian savannah (cerrado biome)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-272

  De Brito Freire Jr, Geraldo ^a   Motta, Paulo César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Araneae; Fire effects; spiders

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE;

EID: 80155202843     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/CP10-85.1     Document Type: Article

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