Kleptoparasitic spiders of the subfamily Argyrodinae: A special case of behavioural plasticity

Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 348-386

  Whitehouse, Mary ^a  

^a Australian Cotton Research Unit   (Australia)

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EID: 80054124000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974496.011     Document Type: Chapter

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