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Does spider feeding behaviour optimize dietary essential amino acid composition?
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Does spider feeding behaviour optimize dietary essential amino acid composition?

  • J. J. D. GREENWOOD1 

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GREENWOOD, J. Does spider feeding behaviour optimize dietary essential amino acid composition?. Nature 290, 165 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/290165b0

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