Comparison of Spider Populations of Ground Stratum in Arkansas Pasture and Adjacent Cultivated Field
Abstract
Of 64 species of spiders taken from the ground stratum of an Arkansas pasture and adjoining cotton field, only 26 were common to both. Twenty-two were collected only in the cotton field; 16, only in the pasture. Many of the 18 species of lycosids were taken in greater numbers in the cultivated field, especially Pardosa milvina and Lycosa helluo. Eight species of lycosids were found only in the cotton field; two, only in the pasture. Only Schizocosa avida, of the better represented lycosids, appeared to show no preference. Similar relationships are given for dictynids, erigonids, linyphiids, oxyopids, gnaphosids, clubionids, thomisids, and salticids.
Recommended Citation
Whitcomb, W. H.; Exline, Harriet; and Hite, Maxine
(1963)
"Comparison of Spider Populations of Ground Stratum in Arkansas Pasture and Adjacent Cultivated Field,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 17, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol17/iss1/8
