Patch quality and foraging time in the crab spider Misumenops asperatus Hentz (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Robakiewicz, Phil ^a,b   Daigle, William ^a,c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Student Assessment Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INSECTA; MISUMENOPS ASPERATUS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO RUGOSA; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 7444246355     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0023:PQAFTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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