The importance of being larger: Intraspecific competition for prime web sites in orb-web spiders (Araneae, Araneidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-677

  Heiling, A M ^a   Herberstein, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0033438982     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501513     Document Type: Article

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