Spider webs: Evolution, diversity and plasticity

Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 57-98

  Herberstein, Marie E ^a   Tso, I Min ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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