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Ethology Ecology & Evolution Volume 16, 2004 - Issue 4
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The effect of previous foraging success on web-building behaviour in the sheet-web spider, Frontinellina cf. frutetorum (Araneae Linyphiidae)

M. Segoli Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel; Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
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A. Maklakov Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel; Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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E. Gavish Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel; Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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I. Tsurim Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Y. Lubin Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
Pages 291-298 | Received 26 Sep 2003, Accepted 07 Oct 2004, Published online: 19 May 2010

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