Arboreal spiders in eastern hemlock

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1378-1387

  Mallis, Rachael E ^a   Rieske, Lynne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active hunters; Habitat structure; Predators; Tsuga canadensis; Web builders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; TREE; TSUGA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; KENTUCKY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; TREES; TSUGA;

NORTH AMERICA;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; AGELENIDAE; ANYPHAENIDAE; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; CONIUM; LYCOSIDAE; MIMETIDAE; MYSMENIDAE; SALTICIDAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THERIDIOSOMATIDAE; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84855650087     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10278     Document Type: Article

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