Foraging activity and burrow distribution in the Sydney brown trapdoor spider (Misgolas rapax karsch: Idiopidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-67

  Bradley, Richard A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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