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SEASONAL CAPTURES OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) IN A WHEAT FIELD AND ITS GRASSY BORDERS IN CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. F. Doane  and
C. D. Dondale
J. F. Doane
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2
C. D. Dondale
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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Abstract

During a 2-year period, 47 species of spiders in 37 genera were taken in pitfall traps set within, or bordering a wheat field near Clavet, Saskatchewan. Species diversity and evenness were determined for the collections from both areas. Lycosids were predominant, both in the field and in the field borders. Seasonal distribution of captures of the two most common species, Arctosa emertoni Gertsch and Pardosa nebraska Chamberlin & Ivie, are given.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1979 , pp. 439 - 445
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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