Orb-webs as extended-phenotypes: Web design and size assessment in contests between Nephilengys cruentata females (araneae, tetragnathidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1331-1347

  Schuck Paim, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034551456     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900501953     Document Type: Article

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