Settling decisions of dispersing Stegodyphus Lineatus (eresidae) young

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-225

  Lubin, Yael ^a   Hennicke, Janos ^b   Schneider, Jutta ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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