Spiders' spinning skills have fascinated mankind since ancient times. These animals owe
this ability to unique appendages named spinnerets. These structures are connected to silk …

The knowledge on the geographical distribution of species is essential for building
biogeographical and macroecological hypotheses. However, information on this regard is …

Assessing spider diversity remains a great challenge, especially in tropical habitats where
dozens of species can locally co-occur. Pitfall trap** is one of the most widely used …

The effects of energy on food web structure have been debated for at least 80 years.
Nevertheless, the empirical evidence is meager, especially from terrestrial ecosystems. We …

The infraorder Araneomorphae comprises more than nine-tenths of spider diversity,
including most of the better known web-weaving spiders. As observed for other taxa, the …

Il lavoro comprende una parte introduttiva generale, che tratta della morfologia esterna,
della biologia e dell'ecologia dei ragni, a cui seguono cenni sulla raccolta, la conservazione …

Much of the Brazilian savanna (known locally as the Cerrado) has been converted to
pasture of African C4 grasses (exotic pastures) for livestock production. The resulting habitat …

Originalmente, a Mata Atlântica cobria cerca de 90% da extensão territorial do Estado do
Espírito Santo, sendo que o restante era coberto por brejos, restingas, manguezais, campos …

The karst area of the northeastern state of Goiás comprises two main municipalities: São
Domingos and Posse. São Domingos is inside the limits of a Full Protection Conservation …

Neste trabalho são apresentadas informações oriundas de um banco de dados das
aranhas descritas e registradas para a região neotropical entre 1757 e 2008. O enfoque …