Ecology of Arachnida alien to Europe

• Authors: NEDVĚD Oldřich; PEKÁR Stanislav; BEZDĚČKA Pavel; LÍZNAROVÁ Eva; ŘEZÁČ Milan; SCHMITT Marcus; SENTENSKÁ Lenka
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: BioControl
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-011-9385-3
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: araneae; alien; ecology
• Description: The ecology of selected species of spiders (Araneae), harvestmen (Opiliones), and the neglected tropical order Schizomida, alien to Europe, is discussed. Their geographic origins and pathways of introduction, by transportation with goods, are similar to other predatory terrestrial arthropods.

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