Relevance of collected juveniles to the analysis of spider communities

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-190

  Sackett, T E ^a,c   Buddle, C M ^a   Vincent, C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Immature spiders; Rearing

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PHILODROMUS;

EID: 45449110826     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/T07-51SC.1     Document Type: Article

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