Phenology and life history of the desert spider, Diguetia mojavea (Araneae, Diguetidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 513-521

  Boulton, April M ^a   Polis, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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