Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2412-2426

  Bilde, T ^a,d   Coates, K S ^a   Birkhofer, K ^b   Bird, T ^c   Maklakov, A A ^d,e   Lubin, Y ^e   Aviles L ^f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Fitness components; Lifetime reproductive success; Multilevel selection; Social spiders; Stegodyphus dumicola

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPIDER; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; NAMIBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NAMIBIA; REPRODUCTION; SPIDERS;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARANEAE; STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA;

EID: 35448944486     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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