Microhabitat preferences for the errant scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Arachnology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0161-8202,1937-2396
DOI: 10.1636/t07-07.1