The study reports biodiversity of spiders in a renovated and non-renovated pesticide free strawberry plot in suothern Quebec. On average 1174 and 1079 spiders were trapped and captured in non-renovated and renovated plots respectively. In the non-renovated plot, 16 families were identified whereas in the renovated plot only 12 families were found. Nevertheless, the ratio of web-building spider families to hunter families remained 1:1. The dominant families in the non-renovated plot were Thridiidae, Linnyphiidae, and Lycosidae. In the renovated plot they were Araneidae, Theridiidae,, Philodromidae and Salticidae.
Species 1: Araneae Theridiidae
Species 2: Araneae Linyphiidae
Species 3: Araneae Lycosidae
Keywords: biodiversity, renovation
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