Diversity and distribution of spiders associated with bat guano piles in Morrinho cave (Bahia State, Brazil)

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes ^a   Martins, Rogério Parentoni ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bat guano; Caves; Distribution; Diversity; Prey distribution; Spider

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001518586     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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