Natal dispersal and demography of a subsocial Anelosimus species and its implications for the evolution of sociality in spiders

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2137-2147

  Aviles L ^a   Gelsey, G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANELOSIMUS; ANELOSIMUS JUCUNDUS; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0032322218     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-12-2137     Document Type: Article

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