Food intake, growth and relatedness in the subsocial spider, Stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae)

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-396

  Schneider, Jutta M ^a,b  

^a Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

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STEGODYPHUS LINEATUS;

EID: 0029829043     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01134.x     Document Type: Article

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