Patterns of abundance of four species of wandering spiders (Ctenidae, Ctenus) in a forest in Central Amazonia

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-103

  Gasnier, Thierry R ^a   Höfer, Hubert ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b Staatliches Mus Naturkunde K   (Germany)

Author keywords

Army ants; Coexistence; Method; Predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHORA; ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; CTENUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0039303255     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0095:POAOFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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