Central European habitats inhabited by spiders with disjunctive distributions

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-380

  Růžička, Vlastimil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Boreomontane species; Glacial relicts; Sandstone rocks; Screes; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOREAL FOREST; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; HILLSLOPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; PEATLAND; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TUNDRA;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 80655147985     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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