Habitat and courtship behavior of the wolf spider Schizocosa retrorsa (banks) (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Hebets, Eileen A ^a,b   Stratton, Gail E ^a   Miller, Gary L ^c  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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