The role of forest islands in distribution and dynamics of the Araneae communities

Łuczak, Jadwiga

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Title: The role of forest islands in distribution and dynamics of the Araneae communities

Abstract:

This paper gives data on the abundance of spiders, the species richness and ecological groups, the common, exclusive and dominant species occurring on eight forest islands of the agricultural landscape in the Masurian Lakeland District, near lake Jorzec, close to Mikołajki, in northern Poland. The influence of the forest islands origin, size, location in space, and the presence of water, on the abundance and biomass of spiders which inhabit vegetation, is discussed. Four forest islands are remnants of the Pino-Quercetum forest; four are birch-aspen woodlots of a young successive stage growing naturally on farm wastelands. The sizes of islands range between 0.125 ha and 35 ha; one is surrounded by cultivated fields and located far from other woodland areas, two forest islands contain water reservoirs.

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