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Review of habitats occupied by Urocoras longispinus: a little-known spider species, and responses to grassland management

Szmatona-Túri, Tünde and Magos, Gábor and Vona-Túri, Diána and Gál, Blanka and Weiperth, András (2018) Review of habitats occupied by Urocoras longispinus: a little-known spider species, and responses to grassland management. BIOLOGIA (BRATISLAVA), 73 (5). pp. 523-529. ISSN 0006-3088

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Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to report habitat occupancy, naturalness status and phenology of Urocoras longispinus (Chyzer and Kulczyński 1897), a little-known spider species. Sampling was conducted in Natura 2000 habitats of the Mátra Mountains, and four disturbed mainroad verges in Hungary between 2012 and 2015. We recorded 356 adult specimens active throughout the year, but abundance was highest in autumn. In the Mátra Mountains shrub removal negatively affected the abundance of U. lonsgspinus: the species preferred shaded habitats. The intensity of mowing maintenance caused changes in the species’ abundance in mainroad verges: the number of individual spiders increased as a result of both without maintenance and enhanced maintenance. We conclude that U. longispinus is a stenochronous spider species which lives in both human-disturbed and undisturbed habitats. However, the nature of the disturbance influenced the abundance of this species to varying degrees.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QL Zoology / állattan
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2018 10:11
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2018 10:11
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/87085

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