• DOI:10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0028:SSILDB]2.0.CO;2
Corpus ID: 56207464

SPATIAL STRATIFICATION IN LITTER DEPTH BY FOREST-FLOOR SPIDERS

@inproceedings{Wagner2003SPATIALSI,
  title={SPATIAL STRATIFICATION IN LITTER DEPTH BY FOREST-FLOOR SPIDERS},
  author={J. Wagner and S. Toft and D. Wise},
  year={2003}
}

J. Wagner, S. Toft, D. Wise

Published 2003

Biology

Abstract Two novel sampling techniques were used to survey the spider community of the leaf litter in a deciduous forest in Kentucky, USA. Using modified pitfall traps and litter-grab techniques, we sampled separately the top, middle and bottom litter layers from April–October. Our sampling program captured over 3,000 spiders encompassing 18 different families. Both techniques revealed that the web-spinning families were more abundant in the lower litter layers. In contrast, the non-web… CONTINUE READING

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