Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) distribution across the timberline in the Swiss Central Alps (Alp Flix, Grisons) and three morphologically remarkable species

Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) distribution across the timberline in the Swiss Central Alps (Alp Flix, Grisons) and three morphologically remarkable species

We collected 6251 adult epigeic spiders from the dwarf-shrub heath to subalpine coniferous forest on Alp Flix (CH, canton Grisons, 1950 m) between May 2005 and May 2006 using pitfall traps. Total species richness and activity density of all species decreased from the open land to the forest, althoug...

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Main Authors: Muff, Patrick, Schmidt, Martin H., Frick, Holger, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Kropf, Christian
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Arachnologische Gesellschaft (ARAGES) 2007-12-01
Series:Arachnologische Mitteilungen
Subjects:
Diversity
dwarf-shrub heath
forest
habitat boundary
Meioneta alpica
Metopobactrus prominulus
Pelecopsis radicicola
pitfall traps
Online Access: http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_34/AM34_16_24.pdf

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