Colonial life versus solitary life in Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae, Araneidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Leborgne, R ^a   Cantarella, T ^b   Pasquet, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interspecific relationships; Kleptoparasitism; Life history; Sociality; Spiders

Indexed keywords

COLONIALITY; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SOLITARINESS; SPIDER COLONY; SPIDER WEB;

ITALY, SICILY;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGYRODES GIBBOSUS; CYRTOPHORA CITRICOLA; HOLOCNEMUS PULCHEI; PHOLCIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0031804393     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050074     Document Type: Article

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