Silk mediated defense by an orb web spider against predatory mud-dauber wasps

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-171

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a,b   Wenzel, John W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035610781     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390151074357     Document Type: Article

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