Initial tests for priority effects among spiders that co-occur on sagebrush shrubs

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-185

  Ehmann, William J ^a,b   MacMahon, James A ^b  

^a Trinity College   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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