Spider collection of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve
Citation
Seyfulina R, Buyvolov Y (2017). Spider collection of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve. Version 1.5. Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3cbyt7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-04-19.Description
The database is a result of two-year investigation of the spider communities in nine different habitats in the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve, located in the south of the Moscow Region. The Reserve is characterized by the compound landscape, including the boreal, nemoralis, and steppe components. In particular, the “Oka flora” is a unique phenomenon evolved in the Oka river valley. Within the Forest Zone, the small steppe patches (about 1.5 ha) are situated, where grow typical steppe plants (feather-grass, fescue, etc.) separated from their main habitats by many hundreds of kilometers to the north. The place is considered to be the most northern locality of steppe plants on the Central Russian Upland. In total, 246 spider species from 23 families and 129 genera were recorded during the study.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve, Moscow Region, Middle Russia, Oka, Central Russian Upland, RussiaSampling
Sweeping with an standard entomological net and pitfall trapping were adopted as the main sampling methods. Some specimens were collected only by hand. Sweeping was initiated in the middle of May and provided till late July. Pitfall traps were exposed every 10-15 days from late April till early November. The trap was made of two 0.5-l plastic cups with an opening 9 cm in diameter, fitted one inside the other. The inner cup was filled to 1/4 capacity with 10% solution of acetic acid. A tin cover 20 × 20 cm was installed above each trap to protect it from flooding and evaporation of the fixative.Method steps
- Sweeping with an standard entomological net and pitfall trapping were adopted as the main sampling methods. Some specimens were collected only by hand. Sweeping was initiated in the middle of May and provided till late July. Pitfall traps were exposed every 10-15 days from late April till early November. The trap was made of two 0.5-l plastic cups with an opening 9 cm in diameter, fitted one inside the other. The inner cup was filled to 1/4 capacity with 10% solution of acetic acid. A tin cover 20 × 20 cm was installed above each trap to protect it from flooding and evaporation of the fixative.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Araneaecommon name: Spider rank: order
Geographic Coverages
Prioksko-Terrasnyi biosphere reserve
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Rimma Seyfulinaoriginator
position: zoologist
Prioksko-Terasnyi biosphere reserve
Danky
Moscow region
RU
email: r-seyfulina@yandex.ru
Yuri Buyvolov
metadata author
position: deputy direktor in science
Prioksko-Terasnyi biosphere reserve
Danky
RU
email: ybuyvolov@gmail.com
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=https://ru.linkedin.com/in/юрий-буйволов-33658357
Rimma Seyfulina
metadata author
position: zoologist
Prioksko-Terasnyi biosphere reserve
Danky
RU
email: r-seyfulina@yandex.ru
Yuri Buyvolov
user
position: deputy director in science
Prioksko-Terasnyi biosphere reserve
Danky
RU
email: ybuyvolov@gmail.com
Rimma Seyfulina
administrative point of contact
position: zoologist
Prioksko-Terasnyi biosphere reserve
Danky
RU
email: r-seyfulina@yandex.ru