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Biodiversity and Community structure of spiders in Saran , part of Indo-Gangetic Plain , India. / Priyadarshini, N.; Kumari, R.; Pathak, R. N. et al.
In: Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 15.12.2015, p. 121-129.

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Priyadarshini, N, Kumari, R, Pathak, RN & Pandey, AK 2015, 'Biodiversity and Community structure of spiders in Saran , part of Indo-Gangetic Plain , India', Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 121-129. <https://www.ajcb.in/archive_dec_15.php>

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Priyadarshini, N., Kumari, R., Pathak, R. N., & Pandey, A. K. (2015). Biodiversity and Community structure of spiders in Saran , part of Indo-Gangetic Plain , India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 4(2), 121-129. https://www.ajcb.in/archive_dec_15.php

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Priyadarshini N, Kumari R, Pathak RN, Pandey AK. Biodiversity and Community structure of spiders in Saran , part of Indo-Gangetic Plain , India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 2015 Dec 15;4(2):121-129.

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Priyadarshini, N. ; Kumari, R. ; Pathak, R. N. et al. / Biodiversity and Community structure of spiders in Saran , part of Indo-Gangetic Plain , India. In: Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 2015 ; Vol. 4, No. 2. pp. 121-129.

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