Ground-layer spiders (Araneae) of a Georgia piedmont floodplain agroecosystem: Species list, phenology and habitat selection

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-351

  Draney, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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