Surrogates of spider diversity, leveraging the conservation of a poorly known group in the Savanna Biome of South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-212

  Foord, Stefan H ^a   Dippenaar Schoeman, Ansie S ^b,c   Stam, Eduard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Araneae; Higher taxa; Indicator taxa; Morphospecies; Rapid assessments; Species Accumulation Index

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOME; CONSERVATION PLANNING; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; AVES; SAIS; SALTICIDAE; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 84877048418     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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