Ecology and web allometry of Clitaetra irenae, an arboricolous African orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneoidea, Nephilidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,b   Haddad, Charles R ^c   Aljančič, Gregor ^d   Blejec, Andrej ^d  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Conservation; Evolution; Herennia; Maputaland; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA;

EID: 57149139081     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/T07-54.1     Document Type: Article

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