Habitat distribution, life history and behavior of Tetragnatha spider species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Aiken, Marie ^a   Coyle, Frederick A ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic behavior; Habitat preference; Life cycle; Spider; Tetragnatha

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; TETRAGNATHA; TETRAGNATHA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0034349908     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2000)028[0097:HDLHAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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