Behavioral asymmetry in relation to body weight and hunger in the tropical social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-80

  Ebert, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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