Standardised spider (Arachnida, Araneae) inventory of Kilpisjarvi, Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A spider taxonomy and ecology field course was organised in Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, northern Finland, in July 2019. During the course, four 50 × 50 m plots in mountain birch forest habitat were sampled following a standardised protocol. In addition to teaching and learning about spider identification, behaviour, ecology and sampling, the main aim of the course was to collect comparable data from the Kilpisjärvi area as part of a global project, with the purpose of uncovering global spider diversity patterns.

New information

A total of 2613 spiders were collected, of which 892 (34%) were adults. Due to uncertainty of juvenile identification, only adults are included in the data presented in this paper. The observed adult spiders belong to 51 species, 40 gen

SUBMITTER: Kiljunen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7515933 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature