Dear Neil,

Hope the following references are of some help to you.

1.Inventorying and estimating subcanopy spider diversity using semiquantitative sampling methods in an Afromontane forest

LL Sørensen, JA Coddington,Environmental, 2002 - ee.oxfordjournals.org.sci-hub.io

2.Diversity of arboreal spiders in primary and disturbed tropical forests

A Floren, C Deeleman-Reinhold - Journal of Arachnology, 2005 - BioOne

3.The importance of small‐scale heterogeneity in boreal forests: variation in diversity in forest‐floor invertebrates across the succession gradient

J Niemelä, Y Haila, P Punttila - Ecography, 1996 - Wiley Online Library

4.Alpha and beta diversity of arthropods and plants in organically and conventionally managed wheat fields,Y Clough, A Holzschuh, D Gabriel… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library

Best regards

Thank you Jackson, it is much appreciated! 

Kind regards

Hi, may be this is useful, although it is self Promotion (sorry): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223840788_Introduction_of_Douglas_fir_Pseudotsuga_menziesii_Mirb_Franco_into_Western_Europe_Epigaeic_arthropods_in_intermediate-aged_pure_stands_in_northwestern_Germany

and references therein. Cheers Olli

Article Introduction of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) F...

Cheers Oliver, I'll give it a look thanks!

Hi Neil,

This could be useful in some point, although it's not at small scale:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281655271_Fine-scale_Beta-diversity_Patterns_Across_Multiple_Arthropod_Taxa_Over_a_Neotropical_Latitudinal_Gradient

Article Fine-scale Beta-diversity Patterns Across Multiple Arthropod...

Great paper! Cheers Pedro. 

Hi, Pedro Cardoso has written many papers about the topics you've mentioned. Take a look at his ReserchGate profile.