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New findings of terrestrial arthropods from the Azorean Islands
Boieiro, Mário; Varga-Szilay, Zsófia; Costa, Ricardo; Crespo, Luis; Leite, Abrão; Oliveira, Raúl; Pozsgai, Gabor; Rego, Carla; Calado, HugoThe knowledge on taxonomic diversity of arthropods is key to better understanding the biodiversity patterns and processes and guiding sustainable conservation strategies and practices. In the Azores, terrestrial arthropods are relatively well-inventoried following the publication of comprehensive checklists that have been regularly updated. Nevertheless, every year, new species are found as a result of new arri...
A comparative analysis of terrestrial arthropod assemblages from a relict fores...
Boieiro, Mário; Matthews, Thomas J.; Rego, Carla; Crespo, Luis; Aguiar, Carlos A. S.; Cardoso, Pedro; Rigal, François; Silva, IsambertoDuring the last few centuries oceanic island biodiversity has been drastically modified by human-mediated activities. These changes have led to the increased homogenization of island biota and to a high number of extinctions lending support to the recognition of oceanic islands as major threatspots worldwide. Here, we investigate the impact of habitat changes on the spider and ground beetle assemblages of the n...
Species richness and composition assessment of spiders in a Mediterranean scrub...
Cardoso, Pedro; Henriques, Sérgio; Gaspar, Clara; Crespo, Luis; Carvalho, Rui; Schmidt, Jesper; Sousa, Pedro; Szuts, TamásAbstract Intensive fieldwork has been undertaken in Portugal in order to develop a standardized and optimized sampling protocol for Mediterranean spiders. The present study had the objectives of testing the use of semi-quantitative sampling for obtaining an exhaustive species richness assessment of spiders and testing the effects of day, time of day, collector and sampling method on the collected species richne...