Nearest neighbor relationships among theraphosid spiders in Belize

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 518-521

  Reichling, Steven B ^a  

^a MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

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EID: 0033375427     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672353     Document Type: Note

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