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Tracking a Medically Important Spider: Climate Change, Ecological Niche Modeling, and the Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)

Most spiders use venom to paralyze their prey and are commonly feared for their potential to cause injury to humans. In North America, one species in particular, Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse spider, Sicariidae), causes the majority of necrotic wounds induced by the Araneae. However, its distrib...

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Autores principales: Saupe, Erin E., Papes, Monica, Selden, Paul A., Vetter, Richard S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21464985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017731