First case of maternal care in the family Cranaidae (opiliones, laniatores)

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 269-272

  Machado, Glauco ^a   Warfel, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gonyleptoidea; Santinezia; Subsocial behavior

Indexed keywords

GONYLEPTOIDEA; LANIATORES; OPILIONES;

EID: 33947312621     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1636/S04-63.1     Document Type: Article

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