Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 50, no. 1 ; Araneae of tree canopies in Białowieża Forest ; Pajaki (Araneae) koron drzew Puszczy Białowieskiej

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 68-70 ; P. 57-70 : ill. ; 25 cm ; Abstarct in Polish. Taxa in Latin.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

Spider communities of tree-canopies in primary forest sanctuaries and forest plantations of the Białowieża Forest were sampled using insecticidal knockdown fogging. The communities showed the typical guild-, family-and species-composition of European forests with a dominance of web spiders and woodland-canopy spiders (e. g. Diaea dorsata, Anyphaena accentuata, Paidiscura pallens, Keijia tincta, Theridion varians). Based on 78 fogged trees, 14522 spiders (3936 adults) were sampled and sorted to 89 species from 15 families. They comprised 21% of the known species pool of the Białowieża Forest (428 species). The importance of the canopy stratum as a habitat for spiders is emphasized. Six species are new records for the Białowieża Forest. The rarely found Dipoena nigroreticulata Simon, 1879 (Theridiidae) was the only species with a preference for a single forest type. It was recorded from canopies of old oaks in a primary forest and might be an indicator species of old forests close to their natural condition.

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

50

Issue:

1

Start page:

57

End page:

70

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 256 vol. 50 no. 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 4664 vol. 50 no. 1 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:55256 ; 10.3161/00159301FF2007.50.1.057

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Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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