Activity rhythms and behavioral characterization of two epigean and one cavernicolous harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-164

  Hoenen, Sonia ^a   Gnaspini, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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