The conservation value of secondary forests in the southern Brazilian Mata Atlântica from a spider perspective

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-73

  Raub, Florian ^a   Höfer, Hubert ^a   Scheuermann, Ludger ^b   Brandl, Roland ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b Department of Animal Ecology Philipps Universität Marburg ^*  (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Atlantic Forests; Brazil; diversity; guild structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898492742     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/P13-47.1     Document Type: Review

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