Biodiversity, biogeography and life history of ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Yukon Territory, Canada

• Main Author: Bowden, Joseph
• Other Authors: Christopher Buddle (Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2011
• Subjects: Biology - Ecology; Arctic; Canada; Fosse; Yukon; Arctique*; Climate change; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103653

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) are one of the most diverse and abundant taxa in the Arctic and are affected by fine scale changes in their environment, including temperature, precipitation, and habitat structure. This thesis describes research that occurred across the boreal forest tundra transition z...