Individual decisions and group dynamics: Why pholcid spiders join and leave groups

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; PHOLCIDAE;

EID: 3042744122     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.026     Document Type: Article

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