The Evolution of Sociality in Spiders

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 83-145

  Lubin, Yael ^a   Bilde, Trine ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 35448933517     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(07)37003-4     Document Type: Review

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