Wouter Dekoninck, Marc Van Kerckvoorde, Lut Van Nieuwenhuyse, Dag De Baere, Jorg Lambrechts, and Léon Baert (2018)
De spinnenfauna van enkele heidegebieden nabij Brugge. Deel 1: bemonsteringen 2014-2015
NIEUWSBRIEF VAN DE BELGISCHE ARACHNOLOGISCHE VERENIGING ARABEL, 33(3):133-149.
131 species of spiders were collected during a year-round sampling with pitfall traps of 8 heathland patches west of
Bruges. One species, Ozyptila westringi, was recorded for the first time in Belgium, 20 species are mentioned as
threatened on the Red list of spiders of Flanders and one species is catalogued as critically endangered on that list:
Pirata uliginosus. An important part of the spider fauna in these heathlands consist of species characteristic for
heathland, dunes and dry, oligotrophic grasslands. Notwithstanding these heathlands are embedded in a matrix of
forest, we observed that the number of forest species was rather low. Management and restoration of heathlands near
Bruges are discussed.
Peer Review, Open Access, PDF available, RBINS Collection(s)
Araneae, Erica cinerea, Calluna vulgaris, heathland restoration, management
Document Actions