Deceptive signals in spiders

Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 190-214

  Herberstein, Marie E ^a   Wignall, Anne ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974496.007     Document Type: Chapter

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