scholarly journals Rich and abundant spider communities result from enhanced web capture breadth and reduced overlap in urban greenspaces

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Gardiner ◽  
Yvan A. Delgado de la flor ◽  
Denisha M. Parker ◽  
James D. Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Urban Greenspaces ◽  
Spider Communities

scholarly journals Assessing the reliability of avian biodiversity measures of urban greenspaces using eBird citizen science data

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey T. Callaghan ◽  
Mitchell B. Lyons ◽  
John M. Martin ◽  
Richard E. Major ◽  
Richard T. Kingsford
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Urban Greenspaces ◽  
Avian Biodiversity

scholarly journals The same but different: equally megadiverse but taxonomically variant spider communities along an elevational gradient

2018 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte ◽  
Luís Crespo ◽  
Pedro Cardoso ◽  
Tamás Szűts ◽  
Wouter Fannes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Spider Communities

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT ON DIVERSITY OF SPIDER ASSEMBLAGES IN THE MÁTRA MOUNTAIN

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Tünde Szmatona-Túri ◽  
Diána Vona-Túri
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Grassland Management ◽  
Hay Meadows ◽  
Mountain Grasslands ◽  
Spider Communities ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

Our investigation targeted the diversity of spider communities of meadows under nature conservation management and the relationship between mowing and the spider diversity. The study sites represented by six grasslands on three localities of Mátra mountain of Hungary. All three localities were contained a hay meadow and a not mowed meadow. Hay meadows had the richest spider communities.  In the control habitats, the equitability and the Shannon-Wiener diversity were lower than in the mowed grasslands. According to the Bray-Curtis similarity index significant differences were observed between spider assemblages of mowed and control habitats. The prevention of succession effects so rich structure of the vegetation where diverse spider communities can live. Our results suggest that mowing is a suitable management for maintaining a high biodiversity in mountain grasslands.

Edges, Trails, and Reproductive Performance of Spotted Towhees in Urban Greenspaces

2012 ◽  
pp. 166-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Bartos Smith ◽  
Jenny E. McKay ◽  
Jennifer K. Richardson ◽  
Michael T. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Urban Greenspaces

scholarly journals Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β -diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 286 (1914) ◽  
pp. 20191579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Mammola ◽  
Pedro Cardoso ◽  
Dorottya Angyal ◽  
Gergely Balázs ◽  
Theo Blick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Scale ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Geographical Distance ◽  
Diversity Patterns ◽  
Habitat Features ◽  
Spider Communities ◽  
Broad Scale ◽  
Local Habitat

Macroecologists seek to identify drivers of community turnover ( β -diversity) through broad spatial scales. However, the influence of local habitat features in driving broad-scale β -diversity patterns remains largely untested, owing to the objective challenges of associating local-scale variables to continental-framed datasets. We examined the relative contribution of local- versus broad-scale drivers of continental β -diversity patterns, using a uniquely suited dataset of cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (35–70° latitude). Generalized dissimilarity modelling showed that geographical distance, mean annual temperature and size of the karst area in which caves occurred drove most of β -diversity, with differential contributions of each factor according to the level of subterranean specialization. Highly specialized communities were mostly influenced by geographical distance, while less specialized communities were mostly driven by mean annual temperature. Conversely, local-scale habitat features turned out to be meaningless predictors of community change, which emphasizes the idea of caves as the human accessible fraction of the extended network of fissures that more properly represents the elective habitat of the subterranean fauna. To the extent that the effect of local features turned to be inconspicuous, caves emerge as experimental model systems in which to study broad biological patterns without the confounding effect of local habitat features.

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