Fallen tree logs provide an ideal moist habitat for Arachnids in the Order Opiliones. This study compares pasture and forest logs to determine which of the two habitat types Opiliones prefer. Log size and degree of decomposition were examined to determine their effect on Opilion abundance and species richness. Logs in pasture and forest sites at Monteverde and Cañitas, Costa Rica were overturned and searched for Opiliones. Opiliones were found to be more abundant and species rich in the pasture than in the forest. However, forest logs have a higher index of diversity than pasture logs. A positive correlation was found between volume (size) and species richness (forest: p = 0.024, r = 0.0207; pasture: p = 0.001, r = -0.295) and between volum...
Sixty eight pine stumps felled on known dates from one to sixteen years before the moment of samplin...
The microenvironments of decaying logs support a large invertebrate fauna, but are vulnerable to the...
The conversion of natural forests to production land uses has led to huge losses of biodiversity and...
Fallen tree logs provide an ideal moist habitat for Arachnids in the Order Opiliones. This study com...
El bosque de niebla es identificado como un tipo de bosque con altos niveles de riqueza y endemismo ...
Phalangida diversity, aggregation composition, leg mutilation and mite infestation were analyzed und...
Phalangida diversity, aggregation composition, leg mutilation and mite infestation were analyzed und...
Replacing native forests by plantations of exotic tree species causes a reduction in the local biodi...
Replacing native forests by plantations of exotic tree species causes a reduction in the local biodi...
Biodiversity in the tropics is especially diverse and describing species found in the tropics is imp...
The integration of ecological and historical biogeography is fostering the investigation of diversit...
The integration of ecological and historical biogeography is fostering the investigation of diversit...
Plantations and secondary forests are becoming dominant components of many tropical forest landscape...
Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) are arachnids with wide geographical distribution, most species be...
The replacement of native forests by tree plantations affects the diversity of biological communitie...
Sixty eight pine stumps felled on known dates from one to sixteen years before the moment of samplin...
The microenvironments of decaying logs support a large invertebrate fauna, but are vulnerable to the...
The conversion of natural forests to production land uses has led to huge losses of biodiversity and...
Fallen tree logs provide an ideal moist habitat for Arachnids in the Order Opiliones. This study com...
El bosque de niebla es identificado como un tipo de bosque con altos niveles de riqueza y endemismo ...
Phalangida diversity, aggregation composition, leg mutilation and mite infestation were analyzed und...
Phalangida diversity, aggregation composition, leg mutilation and mite infestation were analyzed und...
Replacing native forests by plantations of exotic tree species causes a reduction in the local biodi...
Replacing native forests by plantations of exotic tree species causes a reduction in the local biodi...
Biodiversity in the tropics is especially diverse and describing species found in the tropics is imp...
The integration of ecological and historical biogeography is fostering the investigation of diversit...
The integration of ecological and historical biogeography is fostering the investigation of diversit...
Plantations and secondary forests are becoming dominant components of many tropical forest landscape...
Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) are arachnids with wide geographical distribution, most species be...
The replacement of native forests by tree plantations affects the diversity of biological communitie...
Sixty eight pine stumps felled on known dates from one to sixteen years before the moment of samplin...
The microenvironments of decaying logs support a large invertebrate fauna, but are vulnerable to the...
The conversion of natural forests to production land uses has led to huge losses of biodiversity and...