Spider-ant associations: An updated review of myrmecomorphy, myrmecophily, and myrmecophagy in spiders

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cushing, Paula E ^a  

^a DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84861031426     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/151989     Document Type: Review

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