Interactive effects of fire and large herbivores on web-building spiders

Oecologia

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 237-248

  Foster, C N ^a   Barton, P S ^a   Wood, J T ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneae; Browsing; Disturbance interaction; Grazing; Synergistic effects

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROWSING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPIDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUCALYPTUS; FIRE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUCALYPTUS; FIRES; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; SPIDERS;

EID: 84940719033     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3323-5     Document Type: Article

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