Composition, abundance and pest control potential of spider communities in agroecosystems: a comparison of European and US studies

By Martin Nyffelera, Keith D. Sunderlandb. 2003

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The role of perennial habitats for Central European farmland spiders (2005, background): “Spiders (Araneida) are abundant, species-rich predators in European crop fields (Sunderland et al., 1997; Marc et al., 1999; Nyffeler and Sunderland, 2003) and contribute to the control of agricultural pests (Symondson et al.”
Structural indicators of spider communities across the forest plantation cycle (2005, background): “For instance, Collembola are important prey for the Linyphiidae spider family (Nyfeller and Sunderland, 2003), which constituted 96% of all spiders found within the mature spruce structural groups.”
The benefits of hedgerows for pollinators and natural enemies depends on hedge quality and landscape context (2017, background): “The prey of these two groups of spiders differ with Lycosid spiders being rather generalist (Nyffeler and Sunderland, 2003), while Linyphiid spiders will predate invertebrates active in”
Green corridors in urban landscapes affect the arthropod communities of domestic gardens (2012, background): “Moreover, they are located at an intermediate level on food webs: as predators of smaller arthropods (Good and Giller, 1991; Griffiths et al., 2007; Nyffeler and Sunderland, 2003) and prey for vertebrates (Deichsel, 2006; Thomas et al.”
Web‐location by linyphiid spiders: prey‐specific aggregation and foraging strategies (2003, background): “2), which is comparable to feeding rates for agricultural spiders in Europe and the United States (Nyffeler & Sunderland 2003).”
Ballooning of spiders (Araneae) in Switzerland: General Results from an Eleven-Year Survey (2009, background): “Other authors found a percentage between 63 and 97% in Europe, but lower in the USA (Nyffeler & Sunderland, 2003).”
Effects of land management on the abundance and richness of spiders (Araneae): A meta-analysis (2011, result): “As a final remark, although our survey retrieved studies from all parts of the world and climatic zones, a clear dominance of studies from Europe and North America was evident (Nyffeler, 1999; Nyffeler and Sunderland, 2003).”