Can the pattern of the Leucauge venusto webs be used to indicate environmental contamination?

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-569

  Buckles, V P ^a  

^a Box 5816 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEAD POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; MERCURY; SPIDERS;

EID: 0032915584     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900912     Document Type: Article

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