An experimental manipulation of vegetation structure: Consequences for desert spiders

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• spider 100%
• vegetation structure 95%
• desert 67%
• shrub 43%
• species diversity 25%
• pruning 17%
• thinning 13%
• vegetation 12%
• arthropod 7%
• aridity 7%
• microclimate 7%
• habitat 4%
• summer 3%
• effect 3%
• distribution 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• vegetation structure 95%
• deserts 77%
• Araneae 76%
• shrubs 41%
• species diversity 21%
• thinning (plants) 14%
• pruning 14%
• vegetation 10%
• microclimate 7%
• coolers 7%
• dry environmental conditions 7%
• species abundance 6%
• arthropods 6%
• summer 4%
• habitats 3%