On the nature of agrobiont spiders

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 389-402

  Samu, Ferenc ^a   Szinetár, Csaba ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Berzsenyi College   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arable fields; Community structure; Cyclic colonization; Life history strategy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PARDOSA; PARDOSA AGRESTIS;

EID: 0036444274     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0389:OTNOAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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