Behavior and niche selection by mailbox spiders

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-30

  Edwards, Robert L ^a   Edwards, Eric H ^a  

^a Box 505 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0031498139     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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