Global patterns of guild composition and functional diversity of spiders

• Authors: CARDOSO Pedro; PEKÁR Stanislav; JOCQUÉ Rudy; CODDINGTON Jonathan A.
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: PloS ONE
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/13/11/115704/
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021710
• Field: Ecology
• Keywords: diversity; araneae; guilds
• Description: The objectives of this work are: (1) to define spider guilds for all extant families worldwide; (2) test if guilds defined at family level are good surrogates of species guilds; (3) compare the taxonomic and guild composition of spider assemblages from different parts of the world; (4) compare the taxonomic and functional diversity of spider assemblages and; (5) relate functional diversity with habitat structure.

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