More sharing when there is less: insights on spider sociality from an orb-weaver's perspective

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1063-1073

  Fernandez Campon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioural plasticity; group foraging; orb weaving spiders; Parawixia bistriata; reaction norm

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; ECOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY CAPTURE; REACTION NORM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE;

EID: 39549083667     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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