From complete orb to semi-orb webs: Developmental transitions in the web of nephilengys cruentata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 931-956

  Japyassú, Hilton Ferreira ^a,b   Ades, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

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EID: 0032347079     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998792640378     Document Type: Article

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