Body Size and Survival: Implications for an Overwintering Spider
- 31 May 1988
- Vol. 52 (3) , 274-282
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3565200
Abstract
The relationship between body size and survival was investigated in overwintering specimens of the winter-active spider Pityohyphantes phrygianus in a natural p...This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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