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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): M. F. Haskins; J. H. Shaddy
Publication Date: 1986

Cursorial spiders were studied in northeast Missouri from April-November 1980 in annually manipulated old-fields, in fields undergoing succession from manipulations, and a control field. Manipulations included burning, mowing, and plowing. Eleven cursorial families were collected in the study. Pitfall traps were used as the collecting device. Spider communities were compared using Bray-Curtis similarity indices. Seasonal and monthly spider and plant diversities were calculated using the Shannon Index. Spider diversity was correlated with plant diversity during May. The relative abundance of five spider species was correlated with the importance value of several plant species.

Citation: Haskins, M. F., and J. H. Shaddy. 1986. The ecological effects of burning, mowing, and plowing on ground-inhabiting spiders (Araneae) in an old-field ecosystem. Journal of Arachnology, v. 14, p. 1-13.

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Keywords:
  • agriculture
  • arachnids
  • arthropods
  • burning intervals
  • community ecology
  • distribution
  • disturbance
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • grasses
  • insects
  • land management
  • Missouri
  • mowing
  • old fields
  • plant communities
  • plowing
  • population density
  • post fire recovery
  • sampling
  • seasonal activities
  • site treatments
  • species diversity (animals)
  • species diversity (plants)
  • statistical analysis
  • succession
  • trapping
Tall Timbers Record Number: 6060Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire FileAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 31989

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