Lack of task differentiation during prey capture in the group living spider Stegodyphus mimosarum (Araneae, Eresidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-46

  Ainsworth, Cheron ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a   Crouch, Tanza ^a,b   Lubin, Yael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Co operation; Communal; Foraging; Social

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ERESIDAE; STEGODYPHUS; STEGODYPHUS MIMOSARUM;

EID: 0036018641     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0039:LOTDDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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