Critical thermal maximum of the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans (araneae, oxyopidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 193-196

  Hanna, Chadwick J ^a,b   Cobb, Vincent A ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LYNX; OXYOPIDAE; PEUCETIA VIRIDANS;

EID: 34250807879     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/SH06-01.1     Document Type: Article

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