An experimental study of spiders in a shrub-steppe ecosystem: The effects of prey availability and shrub architecture

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-227

  Spears, Lori R ^a   MacMahon, James A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneae; Habitat structure; sagebrush; spider prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865000823     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/P11-87.1     Document Type: Article

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