Planarity and size of orb-webs built by Araneus Diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) under natural and experimental conditions

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 19, Issue 9993, 2000, Pages 307-318

  Zschokke, Samuel ^a,b,c   Vollrath, Fritz ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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