Relative seasonal abundance of five spider species in the Negev desert: Intraguild interactions and their implications

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-200

  Whitehouse, Mary E A ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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