Habitat selection in a large orb‐weaving spider: vegetational complexity determines site selection and distribution

By Bonnie Jean Mcnett, A. Rypstra. 2000

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Distribution differences and active habitat choices of invertebrates between macrophytes of different morphological complexity (2011, background): “Higher abundances of fauna in more complex habitats have been suggested to depend on an increase in the number of microhabitats, which increases both overall niche space ( McNett and Rypstra 2000; Willis et al. 2005) and the partitioning of niches within a given space (Willis et al. 2005).”
Responses of invertebrate natural enemies to complex-structured habitats: a meta-analytical synthesis (2004, background): “spiders select complex-structured habitats that provide increased sites for web attachment (McNett and Rypstra 2000).”
A comparison of 3 types of green roof as habitats for arthropods (2013, background): “etc) to build large interception webs (McNett and Rypstra, 2000).”
Identifying practical indicators of biodiversity for stand-level management of plantation forests (2008, background): “Species richness in spiders is strongly influenced by vegetation structure (Greenstone 1984; Dennis et al. 1998; McNett and Rypstra 2000 ), and it is likely that the reduction in cover of larger plants in spruce stands facilitated development of ground and lower field layer vegetation that favours ”