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Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders

  1. MARTIN H. SCHMIDT*,
  2. INDRA ROSCHEWITZ,
  3. CARSTEN THIES,
  4. TEJA TSCHARNTKE

Article first published online: 18 APR 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01014.x

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Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 42, Issue 2, pages 281–287, April 2005

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SCHMIDT, M. H., ROSCHEWITZ, I., THIES, C. and TSCHARNTKE, T. (2005), Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42: 281–287. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01014.x

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  1. Department of Agroecology, Georg-August University, Waldweg 26, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany

* Martin H. Schmidt, University of Bern, Community Ecology, Baltzerstr. 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (fax +41 31 6314888; e-mail martin.schmidt@zos.unibe.ch).

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  1. Issue published online: 18 APR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 18 APR 2005
  3. Received 20 April 2004; final copy received 22 December 2004

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