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- Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2013. Hunger-driven response by a nectar-eating jumping spider to specific phytochemicals. Chemoecology 23: 149-153. doi:10.1007/s00049-013-0130-5
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- Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2011. Evidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spider. Journal of Arachnology 39: 378-383. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000132
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