Spider Trait Assembly Patterns and Resilience under Fire-Induced Vegetation Change in South Brazilian Grasslands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Podgaiski, Luciana R ^a   Joner, Fernando ^a,d   Lavorel, Sandra ^b   Moretti, Marco ^c   Ibanez, Sebastien ^c   Mendonça Jr , Milton de S ^a   Pillar, Valério D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA FRONTEIRA SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRE; FOLIAGE; GRASSLAND; LEAF STRUCTURE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPIDER; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PLANTS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84875542608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060207     Document Type: Article

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