Gefährlicher Sex: Zum Fortpflanzungsverhalten der Kugelspinnen

Biologie in Unserer Zeit

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 166-173

  Thaler Knoflach, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 84876029407     PISSN: 0045205X     EISSN: 1521415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-415X(200205)32:3<166::AID-BIUZ166>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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