Thermal tolerances and preferences of the crab spiders Misumenops asperatus and Misumenoides formosipes (Araneae, Thomisidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-480

  Schmalhofer, Victoria R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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