Colony size and individual fitness in the social spider Anelosimus eximius

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-418

  Avilés, Leticia ^a   Tufino, Paul ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Colony extinction; Cooperation; Density dependence; Group living; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FITNESS; POPULATION SIZE; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS EXIMIUS; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031660545     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286178     Document Type: Article

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