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Catherine A. Toft, Thomas W. Schoener, Abundance and Diversity of orb Spiders on 106 Bahamian Islands: Biogeography at an Intermediate Trophic Level, Oikos, Vol. 41, No. 3, Island Ecology (Dec., 1983), pp. 411-426
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