A glimpse of the tropics : spiders (Araneae) in the greenhouses of the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem [PDF]
, 2010 In a survey of the spider fauna in greenhouses of the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem, 30 spider species were recorded. Two species are new to Europe: Theotima minutissima (Petrunkevitch, 1929) and Heteroonops spinimanus (Simon, 1891). T. minutissima is the
Kielhorn, Karl-Hinrich
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How dispersal rates depend on the prey capture strategy: A case study of Georgia's spiders
Ecology and EvolutionLarge‐scale barcoding projects help to aggregate information on genetic variability of multiple species throughout their ranges. Comparing DNA sequences of both non‐conspecific and conspecific individuals from distant parts of their ranges helps to ...
David Tarkhnishvili +5 more
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American Zoologist, 1969 After the spider, Zygiella x-notata Cl. has been enticed to leave the retreat and catch a fly in a web turned upside-down, it takes a relatively long time to return to the retreat. The return-time is divided into periods of active searching and motionlessness.
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Struktur komunitas laba-laba di ekosistem padi ratun: pengaruh aplikasi Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo)
Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 2016 Spiders are the main predators in paddy ecosystem. Application of entomopathogenic fungus, such as Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) is not expected to have any negative effect on spiders in the paddy field.
Siti Herlinda +4 more
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Die Baumkronenspinnen (Araneae) des Leipziger Auwaldes [PDF]
, 2012 The canopy spiders of the floodplain forest in Leipzig have become a focus of ecological studies in recent years. In 2006 we sampled 30 tree canopies in the ‘Burgaue’ nature reserve with pyrethrum knock-down fogging, recording 502 adult spiders belonging
Otto, Stefan, Floren, Andreas
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Palystes kreutzmanni sp. n. – a new huntsman spider species from fynbos vegetation in Western Cape Province, South Africa (Araneae, Sparassidae, Palystinae) [PDF]
, 2010 Palystes kreutzmanni sp. n. is described from habitats close to Kleinmond, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Spiders of this new species live in the typical fynbos vegetation of the Western Cape region. They build retreats between apical leaves
Jäger, Peter +7 more
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Species diversity and community stability: cause or effect? a study using moorland spiders and other invertebrates [PDF]
, 1994 SUMMARY 1) Pitfall trapping was used to sample invertebrate communities on Monk's Moor, County Durham. 2) The effects of habitat and altitude upon communities of invertebrates, in particular spiders, were analysed using indices of alpha and beta ...
Ellis, Daniel Keith
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East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) [PDF]
, 2012 This paper summarizes current knowledge about East African pholcids. East Africa is defined as the area from 12°S to 5°N and from 28° to 42°E, including all of Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Huber, Bernhard A. +6 more
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Biological ControlSpiders constitute a numerically dominant group of generalist predators in forest ecosystems, but their biocontrol function in forest plantations is not well understood.
Warbota Khum +2 more
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