Spiders (Araneae) of the Streletsky part of the Tsentralno-Chernozemny Nature reserve (Kursk region)
191 spider species from 20 families were recorded for the Streletsky part of the TsentralnoChernozemny Nature reserve. The largest number of species was registered in the strictly protected steppe and on the ravine slopes with steppe vegetation i.e. in the open habitats with well-developed inta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/3_Polchaninova.pdf |
| Summary: | 191 spider species from 20 families
were recorded for the Streletsky part of the TsentralnoChernozemny
Nature reserve. The largest number of
species was registered in the strictly protected steppe
and on the ravine slopes with steppe vegetation i.e. in the
open habitats with well-developed intact herbage; the least
number was found in the forest under the canopy and in the
steppe with a mowing regime. In the forest herbage, species
richness and number of individuals are higher than in the
steppe, and increase gradually from spring to autumn. In
litter, the density of slow-moving dwellers is a maximum
in the strictly protected steppe and in a minimum in the
mowed steppe, while in the forest habitats it amounts to
medium figures, higher under the canopy than on the
glades. Dynamic density, on the contrary, is the lowest in
the bottom of forest ravines and in the dark forest, being
the highest at the forest edge, slopes of bairak forest, and in
the strictly protected steppe |
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| ISSN: | 1814-3326 1814-3326 |