Regurgitation among penultimate juveniles in the subsocial spider Anelosimus cf. studiosus (theridiidae): Are males favored?

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 258-260

  Viera, Carmen ^a,b   Ghione, Soledad ^a,b   Costa, Fernando G ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Anelosimus cf. studiosus; Inter juvenile regurgitation; Social spider; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 33947326543     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1636/S03-46.1     Document Type: Article

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