Adaptive advantages of maternal care and matriphagy in a foliage spider, Chiracanthium japonicum (Araneae: Clubionidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Toyama, Masatoshi ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

CHIRACANTHIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0033460234     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769295     Document Type: Article

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