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Skerl, Kevin L.

doi:10.1023/a:1009641620689

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“…The collected spiders were kept in plastic bottles with small holes for aeration. In the laboratory, only voucher specimens were transferred to 70% alcohol for identification in labelled tubes, and the remaining common spiders were released back into the wild (Skerl, 1999;Milano et al, 2021). The detailed examination for species identification was carried out by observing spiders under a stereo zoom binocular microscope (Magnus MS24).…”

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Diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in natural and altered ecosystems in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

Sangavi,

Anisha,

Vinothini

et al. 2023

JAD

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A detailed investigation of the spider diversity in Salem district, Tamil Nadu was carried out across different habitats for a period of five years. A total of 184 spider species belonging to 97 genera in 29 families were recorded, which represented nearly 10% of Indian and 65% of Tamil Nadu spider diversity. Among them 25 spider species are endemic to India. From the 29 families, the 3 most abundant families based on number of specimens sampled were Lycosidae (21%), Araneidae (18%), and Eresidae (17%), constituting 56% of the spider species. Simpson diversity indices ranged between 0.88 to 0.30 for all the studied habitats. The species richness was highest in bamboo fields (2.78), and the lowest was observed in grasslands (0.76). The highest abundance of spider species was observed in the sugarcane fields (0.83), followed by the grasslands (0.57) and paddy fields (0.53). Further, these spiders were categorized into nine types based on their foraging guilds. Among them, the highest species richness was observed in foliage runners. A maximum of nine spider guilds were observed in the shrub ecosystem. Natural ecosystems such as shrublands, treescapes, and grasslands had higher spider diversity than altered agricultural and domestic ecosystems. This is the first report on spider diversity in Salem District, Tamil Nadu revealing the varying spider diversity along with their guild types across different habitats.

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Diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in natural and altered ecosystems in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

Sangavi,

Anisha,

Vinothini

et al. 2023

JAD

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“…Spiders are marginalized when it comes to mainstream conservation research and action. Despite their documented ecological role in many ecosystems, high diversity, and threats, spiders have received little attention from the conservation community (Skerl, 1999). This lack of attention was further compounded by the generally negative public attitude towards spiders (Srinivasulu et al, 2004a), and a paucity of information on spider status and distribution.…”

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image: https://crossmark.crossref.org/images/crossmark_button.png Diversity of Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) in Different Ecosystems, Eastern Ghats, Southern Andhra Pradesh, India

Palem¹,

Kanike²,

Purushottam³

2016

S. Asian J. Life Sci.

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“…In addition to this, spiders are valuable indicators of the overall species richness and health of the ecosystem (Noss, 1990). Despite their ecological roles as important biocontrol agents, (Riechert and Lockley, 1984), regulating decomposer population (Clarke and Grant, 1968) and influencing ecosystem functioning (Lawrence and Wise, 2000), they have received high threats and little attention from conservation communities (Skerl, 1999). The present study of ant and spider diversity is conducted in Karuvatta Island of Vembanad wetland ecosystem in Alappuzha district of Kerala.…”

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Ant and spider diversity of Karuvatta, a coastal island in Vembanad, Kerala, India

George,

Babu,

Sheeja

et al. 2024

Entomon

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Ants and spiders are good indicators of ecosystem health; therefore, the present work aims to understand the ant and spider diversity of the region Karuvatta a coastal island in Vembanad wetland ecosystem of Kerala. For the purpose of this study, the island was divided into Karamuttu and Naluchira regions. The study conducted by different collection methods like litter sifting, umbrella method, and handpicking, revealed, 72 species of spiders and 36 species of ants. Diversity indices, species accumulation curves, functional group analyses, and PCA of soil factors were worked out. The results showed that Naluchira had better diversity than Karamuttu.

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Cited by 20 publications

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Diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in natural and altered ecosystems in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

Diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in natural and altered ecosystems in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

image: https://crossmark.crossref.org/images/crossmark_button.png Diversity of Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) in Different Ecosystems, Eastern Ghats, Southern Andhra Pradesh, India

Ant and spider diversity of Karuvatta, a coastal island in Vembanad, Kerala, India

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