Habitat preferences of the urban wall spider Oecobius navus (Araneae, Oecobiidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Voss, Sasha C ^a   Main, Barbara Y ^a   Dadour, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneae; Biotic factors; Habitat; Oecobiidae; Prey abundance; Spider abundance

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; IRIDOMYRMEX CHASEI; OECOBIIDAE; OECOBIUS;

EID: 35148823532     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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