Functional similarities of spider webs with diverse architectures

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 630-648

  Opell, Brent D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ULOBORIDAE;

ORB-WEAVING SPIDER; WEB ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0029659935     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285944     Document Type: Article

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