The importance of canopy complexity in shaping seasonal spider and beetle assemblages in saltmarsh habitats

0507424 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Ford, H. - Evans, B. - van Klink, Roel - Skov, M.W. - Garbutt, A.
The importance of canopy complexity in shaping seasonal spider and beetle assemblages in saltmarsh habitats.
Ecological Entomology. Roč. 42, č. 2 (2017), s. 145-155. ISSN 0307-6946. E-ISSN 1365-2311
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: CBESS * invertebrate * overwintering * saltmarsh * structural complexity * vegetation structure
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 2.244, rok: 2017
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup

Habitat structure, including vegetation structural complexity, largely determines invertebrate assemblages in semi-natural grasslands. The importance of structural complexity to the saltmarsh invertebrate community, where the interplay between vegetation characteristics and tidal inundation is key, is less well known. Summer canopy complexity was identified as a positive habitat feature for saltmarsh spider communities (ground-running hunters and sheet weavers) with significant added value over more commonly measured attributes of vegetation structure.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298622