Effects of Natural Habitat and Season on Cursorial Spider Assemblages in Mediterranean Vineyards.

ABSTRACT: Natural habitats adjacent to vineyards are presumed to have a positive effect on the diversity of natural enemies within the vineyards. However, these habitats differ in vegetation structure and seasonal phenology and in turn could affect the species composition of natural enemies. Here, we compared the species richness and diversity and the composition of spider assemblages in several locations within three commercial vineyards and the nearby natural habitats in a Mediterranean landscape in northern Israel. We sampled spiders by means of pitfall traps in early and in late summer. Both the time in the season and the habitat (natural versus vineyard) affected spider species richness and diversity. More species were found in early summer (47) than in late summer (33), and more occurred in th

SUBMITTER: Ganem Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10607350 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature