The effect of food and silk reserve manipulation on decoration-building of Argiope aetheroides

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 603-616

  Tso, I Min ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 3242699773     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539041166690     Document Type: Article

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