Spider field expedition to Australia 2026
Spider field expedition to Australia 2026
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Nikolaj Scharff
Titel
Professor
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Beløb
DKK 84,100
År
2025
Bevillingstype
Field Trips / Research Stays < 100,000
Resumé
Field expedition to Australia to collect spiders for an ongoing research project with the main aim to document and describe the orb weaving spiders of Australia. Spiders are important for ecosystem functioning as top predators of insects, but most species are still undescribed. Even common orb weaving spiders in big cities are new to science or has been given wrong names.