Predation by spitting spiders: Elaborate venom gland, intricate delivery system

Spider Ecophysiology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 241-251

  Suter, Robert B ^a   Stratton, Gail E ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 84888230507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33989-9_18     Document Type: Chapter

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