Population variation of web-invading spiders (Theridiidae: Argyrodes spp.) on host webs in Guam, Mariana Islands, Micronesia

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 671-680

  Kerr, Alexander M ^a,b   Quenga, A Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Argiope; Argyrodes; Cyrtophora; Guam; Kleptobiotic; Kleptoparasite; Leucauge; Mariana Islands; Micronesia; Neoscona; Orb web; Tetragnathidae; Theridiidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; KLEPTOPARASITISM; POPULATION SIZE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE; ARGYRODES; ARGYRODES ARGENTATUS; CYRTOPHORA; LEUCAUGE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 1042291426     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000064413     Document Type: Article

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