Intensive grazing opens spider assemblage to invasion by disturbance-tolerant species

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-70

  Szinetár, Csaba ^a   Samu, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

agrobiont; Araneae; grassland; neutral community; rare species; Species richness; trait based assessment

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84860238645     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/P11-55.1     Document Type: Article

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