Response of spider communities to a large scale bark beetle infestation
The Aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that the average niche position of spider communities is changing due to openings in the forest through a large scaled bark beetle infestation. The average niche position was divided into the mean shading position and the mean moisture position on a plot, which were predicted to move towards brightness and towards humidity.
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