An experimental analysis of intraguild predation among three genera of web-building spiders: Hypochilus, Coras and Achaearanea (Araneae: Hypochilidae, Amaurobiidae and Theridiidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-110

  Hodge, Margaret A ^a   Marshall, Samuel D ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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