Coping with abrupt decline in habitat quality: Effects of harvest on spider abundance and movement

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-19

  Opatovsky, Itai ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Dispersal; Ecotone; Semi desert; Spillover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DESERT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTONE; HABITAT QUALITY; HARVESTING; MOVEMENT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84860217543     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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