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

0507424 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
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
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : CBESS * invertebrate * overwintering * saltmarsh * structural complexity * vegetation structure
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 2.244, year: 2017
Method of publishing: Limited access

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.
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