Population response of Hemilepistus reaumuri to soil moisture patchiness

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 369-378

  Brandwine, Shlomo ^a   Shachak, Moshe ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

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