Contrasting Responses of Web-Building Spiders to Deer Browsing Among Habitats and Feeding Guilds

We examined web-building spider species richness and abundance in forests across a deer density gradient to determine the effects of sika deer browsing on spiders among habitats and feeding guilds. Deer decreased the abundance of web-building spiders in understory vegetation but increased their abun...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental entomology 2008-08, Vol.37 (4), p.938-946
Hauptverfasser:	Takada, Mayura, Baba, Yuki G, Yanagi, Yosuke, Terada, Saeko, Miyashita, Tadashi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Behavior, Animal Biological and medical sciences COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY Deer - physiology Ecosystem ecosystem engineering Feeding Behavior Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology habitat fragmentation Population Density Regression Analysis sika deer Spiders - physiology Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Trees vegetation structure
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