Cooperative breeding increases reproductive success in the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1743-1750

  Salomon, Mor ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Parental care; Reproductive success; Social spider

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; AVES; ERESIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

EID: 34547700951     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0406-2     Document Type: Article

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