The effect of conspecifics on the timing of orb construction in a colonial spider

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Uetz, George W ^c   Porter, Adam H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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