Intraspecific competition in a social spider

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 243-251

  Ulbrich, Karin ^a   Henschel, Johannes R ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Body mass; Contest competition; Individual variability; Individual based model; Reproductive success; Social spider; Stegodyphus dumicola

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ERESIDAE; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

EID: 0033558035     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00180-X     Document Type: Article

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