The faunistic diversity of spiders (arachnida: Araneae) of the savanna biome in south africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-201

  Foord, S F ^a   Dippenaar Schoeman, A S ^b,c   Haddad, C R ^d   Lotz, L N ^e   Lyle, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^f DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Endemicity index; Guilds; Rarity index; Sansa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008797170     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2011.639406     Document Type: Article

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