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Species composition and relative seasonal abundance of spiders from the field and tree layers of the Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve
Koedoe | Vol 32, No 1 | a462 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v32i1.462
| © 1989 Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Alida M. van den Berg, Annette van den Berg
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 20 October 1989 | Published: 20 October 1989
Submitted: 20 October 1989 | Published: 20 October 1989
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Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Plant Protection Research Institute,, South AfricaAlida M. van den Berg, Plant Protection Research Institute,, South Africa
Annette van den Berg, Plant Protection Research Institute,, South Africa
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A survey of spiders was carried out at the Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve near Pretoria. Over a 4-year period 10 270 spiders were collected from grasses, herbs and trees. A total of 82 genera of spiders representing 27 families were recorded. Of all the spiders caught, 29,3 percent belonged to the Tetrag-nathidae, 22,7 percent to the Araneidae and 21,4 percent to the Salticidae. The proportion of spiders in each of the remaining 24 families did not exceed 6 percent of the total catch. The species composition and seasonal abundance are discussed.
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Spiders, Araneae, seasonal changes, Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve, arachnid ecology.
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