Isolated spider web stabilimentum attracts insects

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-319

  Tso, I Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0039525465     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998793066276     Document Type: Article

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