Spider trait assembly patterns and resilience under fire-induced vegetation change in South Brazilian grasslands.

Disturbances induce changes on habitat proprieties that may filter organism's functional traits thereby shaping the structure and interactions of many trophic levels. We tested if communities of predators with foraging traits dependent on habitat structure respond to environmental change throug...

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Main Authors: Luciana R Podgaiski, Fernando Joner, Sandra Lavorel, Marco Moretti, Sebastien Ibanez, Milton de S Mendonça, Valério D Pillar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610671?pdf=render